At 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, the line of students waiting for free food at Grace Lutheran Church on 17th Avenue was out the door.
The Episcopal Campus Ministry’s Student Food Pantry is preparing for an influx of demand as the community braces for the possible loss of federal food assistance starting Nov. 1.
Operated by the ministry and staffed by student volunteers, the pantry partners with the University of Oregon’s Basic Needs Program and Food for Lane County to host free food distribution hours twice a week for all local students…