South Texas College is collecting gift cards to help students buy what they need for the holidays, one gift card at a time.

“The holidays are coming up. We decided this is still a great project and there is still a need,” STC philosophy professor Debby Hutchins said.

The goal is to help students at the STC campus in Weslaco feed their families this Thanksgiving

“We are all coming together,” STC social work professor Noel Ysasi said.

The Consumer Price Index currently shows a 2.7% increase in the price of groceries.

“Food prices are soaring, I feel the squeeze,” Hutchins said. “A lot of people feel the squeeze."

During the government shutdown, Hutchins started collecting $20 gift cards to give to students affected by the pause in SNAP benefits.

Even though the benefits were reinstate

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