200 campus food pantries and growing.

Sacramento CBS Local reports.

Sacramento State Opens Food Pantry To Help Students In Need

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento State has opened a food pantry to help supplement the food and toiletries students can’t afford.

Sacramento State grad student Ali Boyd knows the “starving student” status all too well. Between a 20-hour-a-week job, a stacked class schedule; and increasing tuition and fees during her undergrad, money for food was tight.

“It’s an embarrassing part of the college experience,” she said. “It’s definitely stressful. I think having to choose between ‘Am I going to eat breakfast today or dinner?’”

School administrators say her story is becoming all too common. With rising tuition costs and living expenses, college campuses across the country have seen an uptick in what they call food insecurity among students.

But now, hungry Hornets can turn to the on-campus food pantry for help.