As Northeast Texas Community College transformed its new food pantry into the CARE Center (see From Food Pantry to CARE Center: A Holistic Approach to Student Basic Needs), staff and students used a variety of activities to eliminate stigma associated with seeking basic needs services by making the services more visible and accessible. Activities focused on providing meals, snacks, and information about healthy eating; promoting the food pantry and its expanding services as CARE Center; and learning from students about their additional needs and ways the college could better assist. This graphic illustrates the number of individuals served or reached through these activities from August 2020 through September 2021, as the transformation was evolving.
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