  {"id":955,"date":"2023-02-14T20:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/?page_id=955"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:30:53","slug":"food-for-falcons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/food-for-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-700x802.jpg\" alt=\"Franklin Falcon eating an apple\" class=\"wp-image-961\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-700x802.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-250x286.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-768x879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-1341x1536.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-1788x2048.jpg 1788w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f-120x137.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-f4f.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many students have to choose between paying tuition or paying for groceries. Help feed food-insecure students at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø by donating to the Food for Falcons program. This program allows students one free meal per day, Monday through Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meals in this program are made in-house by our cafeteria staff, so the money donated stays inside ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. This program helps with retention too as it keeps students on campus. Students know if they come to ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, they can have at least one full meal a day! Any student is eligible, so there is no singling out low-income students.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics-700x187.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic of food items with the text: 30 percent community college students didn't have enough to eat the last 30 days.\" class=\"wp-image-956\" style=\"width:678px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics-700x187.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics-250x67.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics-768x205.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics-1536x410.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics-120x32.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/community-college-food-statistics.jpg 1622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity-700x735.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of the Franklin County border with the text: Over 11% of Franklin County suffers from food insecurity.\" class=\"wp-image-958\" style=\"width:322px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity-700x735.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity-250x262.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity-120x126.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/02\/franklin-county-food-insecurity.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>*&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/map.feedingamerica.org\/county\/2020\/overall\/missouri\/county\/franklin\">https:\/\/map.feedingamerica.org\/county\/2020\/overall\/missouri\/county\/franklin<\/a><\/em><br><em>**&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/10\/19\/community-college-students-food-rent-insecurity\/8237559001\/\">https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/10\/19\/community-college-students-food-rent-insecurity\/8237559001\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Food for Falcons Donation Form<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"aquaHr\">\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/bloomerang-public-cdn\/eastcentralcollegefoundation\/.widget-js\/17969152.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<style>\n\n.donation-form input[type=radio], .donation-form input[type=checkbox] {\n  margin-right:5px;\n}\n\n.donation-form input[type=text], .donation-form input[type=email], .donation-form input[type=tel], .donation-form input[type=number], .donation-form .field select, .donation-form .field textarea {\n  width:100%;\n  max-width: 500px;\n}\n\n.recurring, .contact, .billing-address, .comment, .captcha {\n  margin-bottom: 20px;\n}\n\n.btn-submit {\n  font-size:18px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  color:var(--true-blue);\n  background-color:var(--sunshine);\n  border-radius: 5px;\n  padding: 5px 40px;\n}\n\n\n\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many students have to choose between paying tuition or paying for groceries. Help feed food-insecure students at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø by donating to the Food for Falcons program. This program allows students one free meal per day, Monday through Thursday. 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