{"id":63450,"date":"2010-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-feinstein-hunger-center-marks-tenth-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2010-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"uri-feinstein-hunger-center-marks-tenth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/09\/uri-feinstein-hunger-center-marks-tenth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Hunger Center marks tenth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, RI \u2013 September 1, 2010 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 students, graduates and faculty will join with community organizations Sept. 10 to mark the 10th anniversary of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America. The event, to be held from 4-6 pm at the University Club on the Kingston campus, 95 Upper College Road, will be highlighted by the unveiling of a yearbook that includes reminiscences and comments by university graduates and leaders of non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n


\nCenter Director Kathleen Gorman is under no illusions about the work that\u2019s been done and the work still to do in fighting the ravages of hunger. \u201cIf you measure our success by ending hunger in America, I have failed miserably,\u201d says Gorman. \u201cHunger as a whole is a problem that\u2019s increasing. But that\u2019s not the whole story.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThere was no hunger center at 溏心vlog免费B站 when Gorman, a professor of psychology, became a \u201cstaff of one\u201d in a small office on the Providence campus in 2000, the result of a grant by the Feinstein Foundation. \u201cWe\u2019ve been able to build a program that engages lots of students around the issue of hunger, and get out into the community,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredibly important education that they don\u2019t get in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe center is now located in Ranger Hall on the Kingston campus, and continues to maintain a small Providence office as well.<\/p>\n


\nGrants have enabled the program to add two full-time staff members and two graduate students. In addition, 12-15 students are hired each semester to help those who are eligible to access the federal food stamp program, now known as SNAP \u2013 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.<\/p>\n


\nThe Hunger Center also has \u201cliterally dozens, if not hundreds of community partners,\u201d Gorman says, ranging from food banks to non-profit groups to government human services organizations. \u201cWe\u2019re an education center, training future leaders around the country,\u201d she emphasizes.<\/p>\n


\nE-mails to about a hundred 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates and current students, alerting them to the celebration, yielded an impressive response. Many said their experiences with the Hunger Center changed their lives. Gorman views the anniversary event as \u201ca celebration and a testimony\u201d to their achievements.<\/p>\n


\nChantelle Gonzalez, currently a senior and human development and family studies major, writes in the anniversary yearbook: \u201cIn simple words, [the Hunger Center] sends 溏心vlog免费B站 students like me to the real world every day. Sites, circumstances, and personalities always vary. And we have to think big, because that\u2019s what helping people is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Hunger Center is unique: though there are other colleges and universities that focus on policy or house \u201cthink tanks\u201d relating to hunger, 溏心vlog免费B站 is the only institute of higher education in the country offering a program in which students can concentrate on \u2013 and even minor in — hunger studies. <\/p>\n


\nThe SNAP Outreach Project attempts to reach all who are eligible for federal assistance to adequately feed themselves and their families. According to research by the Hunger Center, there is a lack of understanding of eligibility requirements on the part of many potential recipients. In addition, among the elderly, feelings of embarrassment, a lack of information, and the perception of low benefits often prevail.<\/p>\n


\n\u2018\u2019We help people access the system,\u201d Gorman says. \u2018\u2019We educate them, walk them through the process, connect them with resources. They\u2019re able to get assistance because of the work that we do.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nNow, as the decade-mark approaches, the director looks back and says, \u201cI never thought we could do this much when we first started. I feel very good about where we are.\u201d She dreams of a future in which the programs and financial support might grow; for now, however, she is proud to mark 10 years of accomplishment.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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