I have a good friend here at Georgia Southern who, unfortunately, cannot afford the expenses of college. He is a freshman this year and although he has completed one semester, he did not receive any credit for the previous semester because he could not pay the dues. He is still taking classes this semester and has been without meal plans for the past month. We used to go the RAC all the time together, now he cannot go because he cannot waist his energy; he doesn’t have enough food in his system. When he told me the situation, it really frustrated me because I’m not rich so there wasn’t much I could do. There were times when I offered to treat him to the dollar menu at Wendy’s, he kindly declined though. Something that I noticed was that he did not want sympathy from others or special attention, it was very inspirational. We started volunteering at a soup kitchen on Saturday mornings where he was able to help others and get a warm meal. We also found the food bank downtown Statesboro where we were able to get him a little bit of food. The location for this food bank can be found at the web address below. Things are getting better, but he is still without meal plans. Hunger is real. It’s happening here on campus and it needs to be taken more seriously.
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&source=hp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=statesboro+food+bank&fb=1&gl=us&hq=food+bank&hnear=statesboro&cid=14012086003811738658
