{"id":105876,"date":"2025-11-07T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=105876"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:09:56","slug":"weeklong-initiative-supports-student-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/11\/weeklong-initiative-supports-student-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeklong initiative supports student food security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several events aimed at combating student food insecurity will take place on campus next week.<\/p>\n<p>Held from Monday, Nov. 10 to Friday, Nov. 14, Food Security Week will welcome students to fill their stomachs at free food events hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/services\/food-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food First<\/a>, a program run by the Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) and Graduate Students\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood Security Week is a large part of the Food First program and our ongoing efforts to care for student well-being,\u201d said Natalia Rodrigues-Rana, BUSU Vice-President, University Affairs. \u201cThe week\u2019s events are designed to provide free, warm meals for Brock students so that they can have the energy and time to focus on their studies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The week\u2019s events include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/ents\/event\/909\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Grab and Go Breakfast<\/a> \u2014 Tuesday, Nov. 11 and Wednesday, Nov. 12 outside Union Station from 8:45 A.M. until supplies last. Students are encouraged to grab a quick meal on their way to class to help fuel up for the day ahead.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/ents\/event\/970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read &#8216;Em to Feed &#8216;Em Mystery Book Sale<\/a> \u2014 Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the General Brock store from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Books received by donation in October will be wrapped\u00a0with only a description visible to help readers choose their next read. Some books even have a hidden surprise inside.\u00a0All book sales will support the Food First program.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/ents\/event\/826\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Sandwich Bar at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts<\/a>\u00a0(MIWSFPA) \u2014 Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the MIWSFPA lobby. Food will be provided by Union Sammies and is one serving per student.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/ents\/event\/875\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Hot Breakfast<\/a> \u2014 Thursday, Nov. 13 from 7:30 a.m. until supplies last at Union Station. Enjoy pancakes, breakfast sausage, eggs, potatoes, juice, coffee and fresh fruit. Faculty and staff are also welcome with a $2 donation to support Food First.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/ents\/event\/971\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pizza with Politicians<\/a> \u2014 Thursday, Nov. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Residence 8. Students are invited to an evening of engaging discussions and networking with local politicians. Complimentary pizza and refreshments provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students attending each event will have the chance to win one of five Food First prize bundles that include a $100 grocery gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several events aimed at combating student food insecurity will take place on campus next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":105877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[2203,147],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105878,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105876\/revisions\/105878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}