Photo courtesy of Minnesota State College Southeast Basic Needs Outreach Specialist Akilah Childs helps stock one of Minnesota State College Southeast’s (MSC Southeast) food pantries, which are open to all MSC Southeast students and staff members. College food pantry gets extra use post-pandemic (2/17/2021)
Ayjai Daniel had lost her job and was in the process of starting a new one. Income was tight. She wanted to make sure her daughter had plenty to eat, so she turned to one of Minnesota State College Southeast’s (MSC Southeast) food pantries for some help.
As the current MSC Southeast Student Senate Vice President and a student studying computer-aided drafting, Daniel works to support the food pantries. She is even growing everything from carrots to cucumbers and peas in her own garden so she can donate them to the pantries later this year. “The only thing about it I’d like to make clear is people shouldn’t be ashamed