Penn Manor /townlively
OCTOBER 7, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 25
Partnership Meets MU Student Needs BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
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simple premise drives the work of the Campus Cupboard and the Campus Closet at the HUB Millersville: Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met. The two programs were created by United Campus Ministry and Millersville Community Church (MCC) to support Millersville University (MU) students a few years ago, and the programs have become even more important in recent months. “Hundreds of students each year are clients at the Cupboard. We’re trying to follow what we see as the increasing needs of students in the community,” said HUB director Ed Weber. HUB board member and MU assistant professor of social work Jennifer Frank noted that the statistics back up Weber’s observation. “A research study on food insecurity as defined by the USDA showed 36.5% of MU students had low or very low food security. That’s three times the national average,” Frank said, adding that the trend is similar at other universities. More than 600 MU students completed the survey, which also showed that some students are homeless and sleeping in their cars.
The HUB is located in MCC’s First Campus, the A-frame church, at 121 N. George St., Millersville, and houses the Campus Cupboard and Campus Closet. The Campus Cupboard offers a food pantry at which MU students may shop for their weekly food needs free of charge. Additionally, the Cupboard serves hot meals, including lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays and French toast, often with games or live music, on Friday evenings. A breakfast club will be introduced over the next few weeks to provide breakfast and a safe place to study in the mornings. “Especially during COVID, the need to connect with others is really important. We’re sensitive to the guidelines and mitigation policies … but students still want places to come to spend time with their friends,” Weber said. “The university has been supportive,” Weber continued. “The Campus Cupboard is almost exclusively funded by the university: professors, staff members, and administrators who believe in what we’re doing and alumni who graduate and give support.” Public support is also welcome in the form of donations and volunteers who serve in the food pantry. The Campus Cupboard works with the Food Recovery Network, which helps to eliminate food waste on See Student Needs pg 3
Millersville University students participated in a free lunch provided by the Campus Cupboard.
BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
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has been rescuing and rehabilitating ill, injured, and orphaned animals. Founder, director, and rehabilitator Tracie Young holds permits from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to both provide wildlife rehabilitation services to raptors, mammals, and waterfowl and to offer wildlife education programs.
The permits certify that Young has the required knowledge and skills to safely handle wild animals, and they protect her from state laws that levy fines of up to $1,500 for taking or possessing wildlife. “Sometimes good intentions by a person is not good for the animal,” Young said. “The instinct is to cuddle and love on them, (but) we keep them wild. We want to fix them, get them healthy, and get them back out (into their habitats).”
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Barron Von Vulture is one of the ambassador animals that Raven Ridge Wildlife Center founder and director Tracie Young takes to educational presentations.
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