Owens student worker Tamia Hayes stocks the shelves of the Harvest Food Pantry. Photo used with permission from Owens Community College.
According to Feeding America, more than 1.8 million people living in Ohio experience food insecurity, when a household cannot access enough food due to lack of money and other resources.
Owens Community College students aren’t immune to this—in a Fall 2024 Student Financial Wellness Survey, 52 percent of students identified as food insecure. That’s more than half of students, who come to class read…
