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Melanie Juarez

Dr. Nelson

English 1301-119

09 September 2022

What Is Dusty´s Food Pantry?

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) located in Laredo, Texas uses a website to

communicate to their students. TAMIU uses its website to inform about the Dusty’s Food Pantry

(¨Dusty’s Food Pantry¨). The Dusty Food Pantry provides food for their students, in order to

relieve stress and be able to focus on their studies. 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 on the website, and under it are

ways to pick-up food(¨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
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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 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

[...] which has helped me because now I can focus on my academics, [...].¨ 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
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these stories students will feel secure and comfortable to go in without being judged or the

feeling of being a burden.

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 ¨[…]. 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

in October 2017 to tackle the problem of food insecurity […], TAMIU students can continue to

focus on their academic success without facing the burden of food insecurities[…].¨ TAMIU also

includes ¨What is food insecurity? What will I find in 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