NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of PUBLIC SERVICE & ADVOCACY

WHEN THE NSCC student survey in 2016 revealed that more than half of students had high or very high levels of food insecurity, NSCC formed a ground-breaking partnership with The Open Door, the leading hunger-relief organization serving the North Shore, to address student hunger. Since 2017, The Open Door has provided monthly Mobile Markets serving the NSCC Danvers campus, expanding to serve the Lynn campus in 2021. Mobile Markets connect students to free, nutritious food in an accessible and socially acceptable environment. Students are also connected to SNAP (Food Stamps) assistance. When the NSCC Mobile Market was temporarily suspended due to COVID, The Open Door created a no-contact drive-thru Mobile Market with pre-packaged bags of groceries to keep the community safe while assisting the most vulnerable students. The Open Door also sits on the Hunger Free Campus Coalition, advocating on behalf of food insecure students. In 2022, The Open Door connected 8,486 people from 4,872 households across the North Shore through the distribution of 1.78 MILLION pounds of food.