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Melanie Juarez

Dr. Nelson

English 1301-119

09 September 2022

What Is Dusty´s Food Pantry?

TAMIU uses its website to inform readers about the Dusty’s Food Pantry (¨Dusty’s Food

Pantry¨). The Dusty Food Pantry provides food for students, so students can have food available.

The Dusty’s Food Pantry informs students who may be struggling with food insecurities of their

services, and encourages the community to donate.

In addition, the Dusty’s Food Pantry home page provides a year registration form where

any TAMIU student can sign up. The yearly registration form is where students sign up and can

go at any time to get food from the Dusty’s Food Pantry. “Dusty’s Food pantry is committed to

help TAMIU students achieve success!”, is what TAMIU tells their students through its website.

TAMIU wants to help their students in order for them to focus on their studies(¨Dusty’s Food

Pantry¨. TAMIU Dusty’s Food Pantry encourages students to book an appointment whenever

they want.

Furthermore, Dusty’s Food Pantry provides more information about how you can visit the

Dusty’s Food Pantry. ¨Visit Dusty’s Food Pantry!’ is a headline in the website, and under it is

¨In-Person Visit, Office Pick-Up, Curbside Pick-Up, and University Village,¨(¨Dusty’s Food

Pantry¨). TAMIU wants to make sure to always have availability and flexibility towards their

students, thus they provide many ways for students to get food. In person visit allows students to

go in and view in person items they want for 10 minutes. It also allows for students who are on

campus to walk up whenever they need. When filling out the form Dusty’s Pantry asks the
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student for their special request to let the administration know. Office pickup allows for students

who are busy and don't have time to stop by at random times to choose when they would want an

appointment. Office pickups are 15 minutes long and can be booked at the time provided with a

date the student would find fitting for them. When booking a time and date an automatic email

will be sent out to remind the student of the appointment. Office pick up also provides a box

where the students can put in their special requests. Curbside orders are for 30 minutes and

provide the food at your car. Curbside orders allow for students on the go to pick up food right in

front of their car. The curbside pickup also includes a box where students can put their special

request. Finally, Dusty’s Food Pantry also provides for the University Village, the on-campus

living students dorm community. This visit is 10 minutes long and allows students who live in

the dorms to book an appointment. For the University Village form there is also an additional

box where it allows students to put in their special request.

Moreover, the Dusty’s Food Pantry website also provides additional formation

titled ¨Success Stories,¨(¨Dusty’s Food Pantry¨) It provides stories of students who have

previously used the Dusty’s Food Pantry and how it impacted them. Alejandro Flores says, ¨The

Dusty’s Food Pantry removed unnecessary stress from my academic experience.¨ Another story

from Mayela Villareal says, ¨I started with not having much money or time to make myself food.

I started going to Dusty’s Food Pantry, which has helped me because now I can focus on my

academics, my extracurriculars, and paying other fees.¨ The last story is from Simileoluwa

Odununga says, ¨Dusty’s Food Pantry is clean, healthy, accessible, and it's very convenient.¨

These stories encourage TAMIU students to feel secure and not alone. By providing these stories

students will feel secure and comfortable to go in without being judged or the feeling of being a

burden.
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Finally, TAMIU Dusty’s Food Pantry website provides the headlines of ¨General

Information¨ and ¨Frequently Asked Questions¨ to students. In ¨General Information¨ TAMIU

puts a statement of ¨No student should go hungry. There is a perception that if a student can

afford to go to college, they can also afford food. Unfortunately this is not always the case.

Dusty’s Food Pantry was created on October 2017 to tackle the problem of food insecurity

happening in our campus and across the nation. BY providing basic needs, TAMIU students can

continue to focus on their academic success without facing the burden of food insecurities.

Hunger-free students achieving success.¨ TAMIU also includes ¨What is food insecurity? What

will I find in Dusty's Food Pantry? How can I support Dusty´s Food Pantry?¨ below ¨Frequently

Asked Questions,¨ (¨Dusty’s Food Pantry¨). TAMIU provides this information for the whole

community to be involved. TAMIU wants the community to help out their students, since they

live in the same community and are the community's future.

In conclusion, ¨Dusty’s Food Pantry¨ provides many resources for students to focus on

their academics. TAMIU wants to make sure their students won't have to worry about food.

TAMIU uses the website to inform their students about what they offer to them.
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Work Cited

Dusty’s Food Pantry, https://www.tamiu.edu/foodpantry/ , access on September 09,2022