{"id":7009,"date":"2024-11-22T20:50:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/?page_id=7009"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:19:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/theas-pantry\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pantry was established to help address the plight of students who experience food insecurity so they can stay focused on their studies and complete their education. The food-pantry effort has involved students from the SNAP practicum, which awards course credit to students who help in the campus SNAP office and other projects; Worcester State Enactus, an entrepreneurial club that\u2019s very involved with community service; and the Urban Studies Club, which works on several anti-hunger and community initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thea Aschkenase, \u201907<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pantry is named after Thea Aschkenase, a 2007 alumna of ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ who was a life-long advocate against hunger. Aschkenase was a Holocaust survivor who was liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945. She and her husband, Efraim, immigrated to Worcester in 1954. 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