Holy Cross Health and fitness proceeds tradition by awarding food insecurity grant
Continuing its tradition of encouraging progressive plans, Holy Cross Health not long ago awarded the Broward University Foundation with its $10,000 John Johnson Food stuff Stability Grant.
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Intended to offer balanced food stuff through a mobile foods distribution application, pupils through drop, spring and summer months of the 2020-2021 faculty year can check out the Seahawk Market at the Davie central campus.
For the seventh consecutive year, Holy Cross Well being introduced the once-a-year grant in honor of John C. Johnson, who was president emeritus and previous main executive officer of the nonprofit healthcare facility.
“In what has been an unparalleled year, Broward University Basis has created a plan to be certain pupils have obtain to ample, healthier meals,” said Sister Rita Levasseur, Holy Cross Health’s vice president of mission integration. “We appear forward to looking at how they grow the system.”
With the pandemic proceeding to impression communities, 72% of Broward Faculty pupils surveyed highlighted that they are enduring some degree of food items and housing insecurities.
Centered on minimizing starvation and aiding students in have to have, the Seahawk Market will give obtain to foodstuff and particular cleanliness treatment merchandise.
Affiliate Vice President of Scholar Achievements at Broward Higher education Esmeralda Sweeney emphasized how the grant came at a very important time.
“This grant came at the appropriate time and when our pupils desired it most,” Sweeney explained in a assertion. “This grant is also a demonstration of the excellent partnership the college has with Holy Cross, an group that has been instrumental on the gains the school is building in addressing foods insecurities between our pupils.”
The undertaking is at present in the very first of two phases, furnishing fast aid to students dealing with food stuff insecurities by way of weekly push-through distributions. Produced achievable by way of its partnership with LifeNet4People, distribution alternates in between the Davie, Coconut Creek and Pembroke Pines campuses.
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