This past March, SAMU received a donation of $100,000 from MacEwan University to help aid with our Pantry, a confidential food support we offer to students. This donation ensures the Pantry can continue offering up to two hampers per month of non-perishable food and hygiene items to students accessing its services.
“University is a transformative time, but it’s also a stressful time. Rising food costs add additional pressure. Students find themselves needing to work more, leaving less time to study, and challenged to get access to quality food,” said Dr. Annette Trimbee, president and vice-chancellor. “So, we are finding creative ways to provide that little bit of help some might need.”
MacEwan will be offering cooking classes for students with the support from community partners, Aramark, Takam Market and the Italian Centre Shop. Through these classes, students will learn basic cooking skills and how to cook on a budget. By the end of the class, students received take-home kits that mimicked the same meal they created to try to create the culinary creation they made.
In addition to teaching students, the Italian Centre Shop offered subsidized lunches for $5 through MacEwan’s’ several pop-up lunch markets. With over 2,000 meals sold, students were thrilled to purchase a great selection of affordable and delicious sandwiches, pasta dishes or salads.
