Hello everyone,
On behalf of the Student Life Office and The Food Pantry Committee, I am reaching out to all employees with information about opportunities to support our students, both as we approach the holiday season, and on an ongoing basis.
From now until December 31st, you can consider supporting the Stocking Stuffer program that is run through the Student Life Office. This program currently is available to students in financial need who have been identified by the Student Life Office or by a referral from faculty/staff who is aware of a student needing additional support. Any student who applies to this program will receive a $25 Amazon gift card per household member (up to $100 maximum) to take some of the pressure off the inherent holiday season financial stressors.
With each passing year, we are finding an increase in student requests for this program, which is not surprising given the increased usage of our food pantry, emergency assistance requests, and students expressing more and more financial need and struggles with supporting themselves and their family members. Your support of this program will go toward providing these gift cards to our students most in need as we approach the holidays.
From now until December 31, employees can go to the nmc.edu/give page, and in the “Designate my gift to” section, there is an option in the drop down box to select “Stocking Stuffers.”
In addition to the holiday based Stocking Stuffer program, please consider contributing either one-time or an ongoing basis to the NMC Food Pantry with a monetary donation at the same webpage (look for “food pantry” in the drop down box if you are donating directly to the pantry). If you would like to consider an ongoing donation to the food pantry through payroll deduction or other means, please visit the Ways to Give page on the NMC Foundation’s website.
Food pantry usage is at an all-time high this semester. Any contribution of any size is helpful for our students and their families. And please remember that you can also drop off food donations at the upcoming NMC holiday party, or to the Student Life Office at any time.
Thank you for all you do for our students!
Lisa Thomas