{"id":773,"date":"2012-04-17T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/imprint\/?p=773"},"modified":"2018-11-19T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:02:07","slug":"combating-an-invisible-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/imprint\/combating-an-invisible-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Combating an Invisible Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Paul Musgrave<\/em><\/p>\n

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A cluster of students and campaigners gather outside The Marketplace at Ferrell Commons, all donning yellow shirts and distributing fliers.\u00a0 It is an unusually warm day for March, with the spring sun shining high overhead as the clock ticks towards noon.\u00a0 As I approach the group, I am eagerly handed a Cortez\/Rachel flier by a campaigner.\u00a0 \u201cRemember to vote in the SGA elections tonight!\u00a0 Have some pizza while you\u2019re here,\u201d he says.\u00a0 Having skipped lunch on this unusually busy Wednesday, I accept his kind offer, but limited the chitchat; my reason for being at Ferrell Commons this morning isn\u2019t for the SGA elections.\u00a0 Beyond the gauntlet of people lay a campaign of a different sort:\u00a0 the Knights Helping Knights Pantry.\u00a0 In stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of people in front of The Marketplace, the only indication that the Pantry is open for business is a small white and green sign in their window.<\/p>\n

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As I enter the Pantry, the smiling faces of two volunteers greet me.\u00a0 It is barely past twelve o\u2019clock, and they already have their first visitor of the day.\u00a0 As the student quietly picks out items off the shelves, I am caught by the Pantry\u2019s tidy appearance.\u00a0 Painted in the style of Old Europe with faux brick and stucco, it feels more like a fancy restaurant than a food pantry.\u00a0 The shelves are stocked with neatly organized cans and other non-perishable foods.\u00a0 On the back walls are toiletries and a rack of donated clothing, washed and dried by the Pantry\u2019s volunteer staff.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStudents are allowed to take as many clothes and toiletries as they want,\u201d says volunteer Jessica Siler.\u00a0 Food, however, is limited to five pounds per person, per day.\u00a0 This is done to help prevent a shortage in the Pantry\u2019s donated stockpile.<\/p>\n

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After filling a grocery bag with edible goods like soups, veggies, boxes of pasta, and more, students bring their food over to the scales by the front window and write down how much they are taking that day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re not strict about the weight limit, though.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a huge deal if a student has 5.3 pounds, or something like that,\u201d says Ashley Kahan, the volunteer coordinator.<\/p>\n

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Throughout the morning, several students came by the Pantry to get food for the day.\u00a0 Six came in during the hour I was there.\u00a0 It all seemed so normal.\u00a0 With the exception that there was no exchange of money, you might think you were at a small grocery store.\u00a0 The student visitors were far removed from the stereotypical \u201chungry people\u201d that are imagined as wearing tattered and dirty clothes and being poorly groomed.\u00a0 Indeed, the visitors at the Pantry seemed just like any other student one might pass in the Union, or just another one of your fellow classmates.\u00a0 Without being privy to the finer details of their lives, it is very easy to remain ignorant of the challenges they face as students and people.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne student, a graduate student, once thanked us for saving his life.\u00a0 He was living in his car, showering at the gym and coming to us for food,\u201d said Ashley, who recalled an experience from last semester.\u00a0 \u201cSome students are asked if they would like to share their experiences on an anonymous basis.\u00a0 Some of them are really heartbreaking.\u201d\u00a0 Understandably, most are not willing to publicly share how they deal with hunger and food insecurities.\u00a0 The Pantry\u2019s website shares some testimonials from anonymous visitors, but even this section is rather scant.\u00a0 \u201cThis service to our university is so extremely invaluable for so many UCF students who are struggling.\u00a0 I cannot thank the Pantry enough for all they have helped me,\u201d reads one anonymous testimonial on their website.\u00a0 Another reads:\u00a0 \u201cThis association is a blessing sent from God to all of us in need.\u201d\u00a0 And another:\u00a0 \u201cMy undying thanks!\u201d\u00a0 These are the words of students, ostensibly in just as normal a life situation as anybody else.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is incredible how at plain sight, there is no way of identifying these students,\u201d says Willis Chico, the Pantry\u2019s coordinator.\u00a0 \u201cThis is one of the biggest elements I have always credited with fueling \u2018resistance\u2019 from the public at large when it comes to program support.\u00a0 Since there is no real way of identifying students at plain sight, this \u2018invisible\u2019 epidemic continues to grow without the masses even knowing or realizing that this problem exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite this resistance, the numbers alone speak volumes as to how much the Pantry has helped students at UCF.\u00a0 Between the start of the spring semester and the end of March, the Pantry has had 2,220 visitors.\u00a0 It has provided 7,727 pounds \u00ad\u2013 that\u2019s three and a half metric tons \u2013 of food to students at UCF.\u00a0 All of this was made possible by 623 volunteer hours and 5,901 pounds of donated food.<\/p>\n

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A National Illness<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The problem of hunger and homelessness in college is bigger than UCF and the Knights Pantry.\u00a0 When the economy collapsed in 2008, it was devastating for many middle-class families who had enjoyed a long period of relative prosperity.\u00a0 When the housing bubble burst, a tsunami of property foreclosures pushed many families out of their homes, destroying their credit.\u00a0 The economic meltdown only worsened the situation with a sharp rise in unemployment.\u00a0 Placed in such a precarious situation, some families had no other way to support their college-aged children financially.<\/p>\n

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Two years ago, NPR ran a story about homeless students at UCLA in California.\u00a0 One student, Diego Sepulveda, was thrown into this terrible situation when he lost his job as the economy worsened.\u00a0 Although Diego\u2019s blue-collar, hard-working family continued to be a moral support in his life, they simply did not have enough money to help support him financially.<\/p>\n

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This lack of financial support from families was only part of the problem for students going at it alone.\u00a0 The economic collapse caused even part-time and lower-paying jobs \u2013- the ones that college students seek while in school \u2013- to be in high demand as career men and women became more and more desperate for work.\u00a0 There simply were no jobs for Diego to jump right into after losing his job at Subway.\u00a0 With every dime to his name going to pay for his education, there was little money left for rent or food. \u00a0Homeless, he would sleep on sofas in the library, at a friend\u2019s house, or at the Student Activities Center where he could shower.<\/p>\n

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Joel John Roberts, CEO of People Assisting the Homeless, wrote in an article in The Huffington Post in December of last year that nearly 300 students are homeless at a Los Angeles community college, according to one school administrator.\u00a0 Another story that Roberts recalls is of a father and son living together under a bridge in downtown Los Angeles \u2013 the son was a student at a community college, trying to make it work.\u00a0 Sadly, it may be a futile endeavor on his part.\u00a0 According to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, nearly 50% of the homeless population drops out of school before finishing their education.<\/p>\n

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Turning a Blind Eye<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In most situations, it is easy to forget about hungry and homeless people, or even simply ignore the realities of it.\u00a0 For instance, many are unaware that one in five children in the United States experience food insecurity.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s because our view of the hungry and homeless is so often clouded by stereotypes and misconceptions that the real truth tends to fall through the cracks.<\/p>\n

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Some may feel a brief, tingling burst of altruism when they roll down their car window at the stoplight and toss some change toward the homeless man on the street corner.\u00a0 Others in the same situation may simply look away, pretending to have not noticed the homeless man, as they wait impatiently for the light to turn green.\u00a0 Either way, whether they give or ignore, that person evaporates from the driver\u2019s life once the light turns green, fading into just another statistic.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s because his long, scraggly beard evokes the stereotype of a drunken bum, the kind that has so often been ostracized in mainstream society.\u00a0 Maybe people worry that the money the homeless man receives will wind up in the cash register at a liquor store before it ever buys him a nourishing meal.\u00a0 Whatever excuse people use to comfort themselves, it is still a perfect representation of the complacent ignorance, existent among many, which continues to shroud the problem from view.<\/p>\n

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Before I sound too preachy, I have to confess that I have done the same thing at a stoplight.\u00a0 In fact, it happened just last week when I passed a buck to a man standing on the corner of Semoran and Colonial.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier to just toss some change when the person is on the other side of the glass and you have no connection to him or her.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a coincidence, courtesy of the highway system, that your two paths ever crossed.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s far harder, however, to make such a distinction when it is our friends and classmates who are in this terrible situation.\u00a0 While most students enjoy the relative comfort and security that has come to define college life \u2013 well, the security anyway \u2013 others among us are going it alone.\u00a0 All the stereotypes that exist when you see a homeless man on the street corner are suddenly thrown out the window when the scraggly beard is replaced with a neat and stylish haircut, or when the tattered clothes are replaced with ones you would wear.\u00a0 These aren\u2019t drug addicts or alcoholics.\u00a0 These aren\u2019t people who are lazy and unmotivated.\u00a0 These are our fellow students.<\/p>\n

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A Beacon of Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Knights Helping Knights Pantry is what separates UCF from most other schools facing this epidemic of hunger and homelessness.\u00a0 As dramatic and serious as this problem may be, though, the Pantry is an uplifting and happy place.\u00a0 The volunteers are most welcoming for the Pantry\u2019s visitors.\u00a0 A white board behind the counter tells of the Pantry\u2019s statistics, surrounded with fun things such as a food-related \u201cWord of the Day\u201d and recipes for basic but tasty meals.\u00a0 Perhaps above all, the Pantry offers hope for those facing this leviathan issue of hunger and homelessness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy favorite reaction is when students come in and ask:\u00a0 \u2018It\u2019s free?\u00a0 Really?\u2019\u201d says Ashley with a laugh.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s always such an uplifting reaction from students.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been an awesome experience working here,\u201d says Jordan Carlson, another volunteer at the Pantry.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, the Pantry does face some serious obstacles.\u00a0 In addition to a general lack of awareness by the student body at large, the University does not support the Pantry financially due to insurance reasons.\u00a0 Although trusts have been set up with SGA and the UCF Foundation for the Pantry to purchase from the Second Harvest Food Bank if supplies run low, the Pantry relies on donations from others to operate.\u00a0 Fifteen donation spots are set up across campus where students can drop off canned foods, nonperishable foods, toiletries, school supplies, clothing and shoes to supply the Pantry.\u00a0 In addition, people can make monetary donations on the Pantry\u2019s website at http:\/\/knightspantry.org\/donate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLuckily, there\u2019s been no shortage of food so far,\u201d Jordan explains.\u00a0 \u201cNevertheless, donations are always needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to imagine how close this problem could be to many students at UCF.\u00a0 Unfortunately, college does not immunize people against problems such as food insecurity and homelessness.\u00a0 These are very real issues that affect real people.\u00a0 It may be easy to pass it off as irrelevant \u2013 something that doesn\u2019t affect you and is most likely caused by their shortcomings.\u00a0 No matter what you think, this is a problem that does affect you, and me, and every single Knight you may walk past at the Student Union, or in the Library, or on Apollo Circle.\u00a0 At the end of the day, we are all Knights.\u00a0 And thanks to the hard work of the food pantry at Ferrell Commons, we are \u201cKnights Helping Knights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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