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With a variety of palates, Palomar College boasts the Anita and Stan Maag Food & Nutrition Center located in the Student Union building at SU-40A. (Telescope Staff/The Telescope)

Palomar’s food and nutrition center undergoes beneficial changes

Nicole Villanueva May 20, 2019

Story by Nicole Villanueva The Nutrition Center at Palomar College recently underwent some much-needed expansion. Palomar administrators have been assisting the food insecure community on campus...

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Palomar should stand with the homeless

Telescope Staff April 2, 2018

Editorial Palomar recently broke ground for their new food bank that is targeted at helping those in the community with food insecurities, but is it enough? In 2016, California State University (CSU)...

Members of the Palomar community pose for a group shot alongside Anita Maag (third from right) and Bob Wilson (second from right). (Linus Smith/The Telescope)

Food Center groundbreaking aims to combat student food insecurity

Linus Smith March 9, 2018

In a 2016 report by a coalition of student resource organizations, it was found that just over one in five students are faced with food insecurity. The Palomar community took a step forward in an effort...

Palomar College Food Bank Nov. 18, 2015. (Hanadi Cackler/The Telescope)

Faculty lounge to be converted into food bank

Lexington Howe November 14, 2017

The staff lounge, next to the Cafeteria and SU-Quad, is now being converted into a food bank for students. The shift has been cultural, not just for students but faculty as well. Bob Wilson, who generously...

'Stock the Bank!' is held at Palomar's SU Quad. Piles of food items and money donations were collected by the Student Affairs between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2014. (Yoshikazu Yamashita/The Telescope)

Help Palomar’s Food Bank

Daze Castillo November 3, 2015

The Office for Student Affairs needs help to stock the food bank. They will be conducting a Stock the Bank! event for students and faculty who wish to donate. You can donate nonperishable food items...

'Stock the Bank!' is held at Palomar's SU Quad. Piles of food items and money donations were collected by the Student Affairs between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2014. (Yoshikazu Yamashita/The Telescope)

Food bank helps students in need

Susan Whaley December 8, 2014

Palomar students and staff donated 1,503 items and $105 in cash in only three hours during an event that helps stock the campus food bank. That is a big jump from 2013, where only 382 items and...

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