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The university awarded roughly $200,000 for the partnerships so students could engage with the local organizations. In a project titled Enhancing Mutual Aid Sharing During a Pandemic faculty and students are researching and analyzing food sharing at several cabinets that have been placed at various locations in Tompkins County. Mutual aid food sharing has increased around the country. New York City and Southern California are just a few examples of places where community members have set up and stocked community refrigerators.  "With the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen that existing resource...

ITHACA, NY -- Cornell faculty and students are teaming up with community partners in Tompkins County to address opioid use, increase food security, build a greener construction industry and share

Pilot scheme targeted at vulnerable people in local community

© Jason Hedges / DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A rural Moray community intends to use an annual cash windfall to improve the energy efficiency of older homes in the area. Every year the Finderne Development Trust receives £138,000 from the nearby Logie Wind Farm. Now the group, which covers the rural area south of Forres including the villages of Rafford and Dunphail, has begun the search for an energy ...

108K Twitter Users Are Thankful To This Woman For Sharing A List Of Acceptable Donations To Food Banks 72Kviews Community member Food banks and the initiatives they support seem to be an essential part of our societies, as they help the people who are less than fortunate or have stumbled into hard times. The first food bank was established more than 50 years ago, back in 1967. And since then, the concept of donating food to those less fortunate has become a backbone in many communities. Food pantries are on a smaller scale than banks, but they basically function in conjunction. A pantry ...