Community pantry opens at Tougaloo College

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A Mississippi Food Network-Feeding America affiliate community pantry is now open on the campus of Tougaloo College.

Those with Tougaloo, partners, and the community gathered Thursday afternoon to celebrate the Robert Smith, M.D. Center of Excellence community pantry.

Smith is a distinguished alumnus of Tougualoo College and civil rights activist. He founded Central Mississippi Health Services (CMHS) and co-founded America’s first rural community health center, Delta Health Center, in Mound Bayou, MS…

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