Bristol Community College and the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) teamed up on August 6, 2012 to offer a mobile food bank to low-income students at the College. BCC students include single parents, underemployed or unemployed and members of families who struggle to make ends meet as they try to balance school, work and family as food prices rise. "This is where students and the community have an opportunity to come and get free food from the Boston Food Bank in order to help supplement their budget for food," commented Kathy Torpey Garganta, BCC associate vice president of enrollment services who helped to organize the event. There are an estimated 15,000 Fall River residents who are food insecure, and the Food Bank provides over 741,000 meals to people in the Greater Fall River Area. Click here for a short video of the event. Click here for the Herald News article. Click here for photos of a recent meeting about establishing a local Hunger Network. For more information about the BCC Mobile Food bank, contact Kathy Torpey Garganta at 508-678-2811, Ext. 2334.

(Top row, left) Greater Boston Food Bank staff member Joyce MacDonald. left, makes sure the table are ready before the line is opened. (Top row, right) Brandi Evans, Yadira Luciano, and Jennifer Boulay go over last minute procedures for registration. (Middle row) Nicole Collins and Kathleen Burns stand behind tables full of donated food. (Bottom row, center) Tyler Griffin, Alyssa St. Yves, and Camila Fernandes worked to obtain free food through coupons they collected. (Bottom row, right) The Boston Food Bank truck sits on the driveway near the event.