Rex's Pantry at American International College Celebrates First Anniversary of Serving Community Members in Need
American International College (AIC) is celebrating the first anniversary of Rex's Pantry, a food and necessities pantry founded a year ago to assist community members in need.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- American International College (AIC) is celebrating the first anniversary of Rex's Pantry, a food and necessities pantry founded a year ago to assist community members in need.
Rex's Pantry was launched in December 2017 and since that time has prepared and served more than 1,500 hot meals in Springfield, Massachusetts, assisted in the collection and local distribution of thousands of pounds of canned food, supported various community food efforts, distributed cold weather gear including gloves, caps, socks, and hand warmers to the homeless; provided hundreds of Rex to the Rescue kits which included boxed lunches, and offered fellowship led by Father John P. McDonagh, head of AIC's campus ministry and outreach, to those participating in the Rex's Pantry hot meal program.
Rex's Pantry is a College initiative that has mobilized a dedicated and ever expanding corps of volunteers including undergraduate and graduate students, student athletes, coaches, faculty and staff.
"American International College founded Rex's Pantry in an effort to provide for those who cannot always provide for themselves. It is this higher dedication to community service that has further opened the hearts of the AIC family to assist those in need," says AIC's Vice President for Marketing and Communications Robert Cole and founder of Rex's Pantry.
"Rex's Pantry would never have become a reality without the support of AIC President Vince Maniaci, Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Jeff Bednarz and Todd Alden, Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services director at AIC. The Chartwells team has been remarkable. They plan the menus and prepare all of the food being plated and served by our volunteers," Cole continued.
Beneficiaries of the efforts of Rex's Pantry include the Loaves & Fishes Community Kitchen at both the South Congregational Church and Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, Lorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry, in Chicopee, Friends of the Homeless, and the Springfield Rescue Mission.
Rex, a yellow jacket, is the AIC mascot.
SOURCE American International College Inc
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