A group of about 15 staff members and volunteers crowded inside a small supply room at Austin Community College’s Eastview Campus on Tuesday. They were there, working to replenish the campus’ food pantry before classes begin later this month.
“They are stocking all of our shelves with shelf-stable items, snacks, toiletries, hygiene items, baby items,” Vanessa Barrientos, ACC’s food access manager, said.
The college recently announced it would be opening a food pantry, like the one at Eastview, at each of its 11 campuses this fall…