CINCINNATI — During the past academic year, more than 2,200 students, staff and faculty at the University of Cincinnati visited the Bearcats Pantry to receive assistance for food insecurity.

Associate Dean of Students Daniel S. Cummins founded the pantry in 2016, working since then to grow the on-campus resource center in order to support those in the Bearcats community who are going without basic human needs.

This past Friday, the pantry received the largest food donation in its history.

It came from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which sent a truckload of 27,000 pounds of food to the Bearcats Pantry. The donation arrived on campus just ahead of Cincinnati’s Saturday home football game against BYU, which is sponsored and operated by the church.

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