During the 2024-25 academic year, a total of 5,325 different visitors utilized the Big Orange Pantry 40,092 times.
In other words, each visitor to BOP utilized the program repeatedly, more than seven and a half times on average, according to data from the Division of Student Life.
Access to healthy, nutritious food is important for students for whom food insecurity can lead to worse grades and physical and mental health. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as having limited or uncertain access to “nutritionally adequate and safe” foods, or a limited ability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways…