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2025年9月23日

博彩平台开设了新的 基本需求资源中心 通过提供免费的食品杂货，包括肉类和新鲜农产品，以及洗漱用品和其他必需品，帮助那些在住房和食品安全方面挣扎的学生。

在9月23日的剪彩仪式上，大学和社区领导正式为位于the Well的中心揭幕。

“This center is about breaking down the non-academic barriers that so often prevent students from persisting and ultimately graduating,” said Jeanne Harris Van Dahlen, senior associate vice president for Student Health, Counseling, and Wellness Services (SHCWS).

“At 萨克拉门托 State, we believe that every student deserves the opportunity to focus on their education without having to worry whether or not basic needs are being met. (The center) reflects our commitment to ensuring that the students are not only here, but that they thrive, graduate, and persist and have the opportunity to give back to society once they’re done.”

Roughly 42% of 囊状态’s 31,000 students qualify for CalFresh, a federal benefits program that helps low-income households buy nutritious food, said Vice President for 学生事务 Aniesha Mitchell.

Generous donors help support students through the 基本需求资源中心.

许多学生在努力保持学业优秀的同时，面临着不稳定的住房、食品不安全以及医疗保健方面的差距。

“These are barriers no college student should have to face. And yet, across the country, the support systems students rely on are being reduced or eliminated entirely,” said Mitchell.

“Here at 囊状态, we are choosing a different path. 我们怀着同情和决心迎接这一时刻。 We are saying clearly that student well-being is not optional.”

据Van Dahlen介绍，自本月早些时候开业以来，该中心已经帮助了700多名学生，每天可以为多达200名学生提供服务。

健康科学专业的学生布里安娜·冈萨雷斯（Brianna Gonzalez）已经在利用该中心和the Well提供的其他服务，包括紧急护理、低成本药房、心理健康支持等等。

“Everything I need is here at The Well,” Gonzalez said. “It’s nice to have a little bit of that extra support, because a lot of times I don’t have money left to buy groceries after I pay for my gas, or my rent, or utilities.

“This allows me to get the food that I need, especially at the end of the month when I’m very low on money.”

联合学生公司（ASI）前总裁Nataly andade - domingeuz感谢卢克·伍德校长有远见，开设了这个新中心，这是两年前的一个想法。

“Food insecurity, housing insecurity, and financial hardship are not abstract problems,” Andrade-Dominguez said. “They are lived realities that impact focus, performance, and well-being. No student should ever have to choose between paying rent and buying groceries, or between their health and their education.”

米切尔还感谢美国国会女议员多丽丝·松井一直以来对萨克州立大学及其学生的支持。

“The opening of 萨克拉门托 State’s Basic Needs Center reflects not only the University’s commitment to its students but also the broader principle that access to higher education must go hand-in-hand with access to essential resources,” Matsui said in a statement. “... 任何学生都不应该在完成学位和满足基本生存需求之间做出选择。

“Centers like this strengthen our community, and they demonstrate why investing in student success at the federal level is so critical to building a stronger, healthier, and more resilient future for 萨克拉门托.”

“At 萨克拉门托 State, we believe that every student deserves the opportunity to focus on their education without having to worry whether or not basic needs are being met." -- Jeanne Harris Van Dahlen, senior associate vice president for Student Health, Counseling, and Wellness Services

开业前几个月，Golden Credit Union和Safe Credit Union向该中心捐赠了谷物、罐装汤、咖啡、茶、格兰诺拉燕麦卷、坚果和防晒油等不易腐烂的食品。

除了易于准备的餐盒和即食食品外，基本需求资源中心还将提供冷冻肉类、新鲜农产品和酸奶和牛奶等乳制品。

随着房租、杂货和汽油成本的上涨，越来越多的萨克州立大学学生面临着食物和住房的不安全。 Many students “couch surf” at the homes of friends or relatives or sleep in their cars, Van Dahlen said.

该中心在萨克拉门托州立包里放了一些工具包，包括毯子、洗漱用品、毛巾、t恤和一双袜子，供住房不安全的学生使用。

For the approximately 30% of students who are parents, the center has diapers, baby wipes, some toys and children’s backpacks.

学生也可以买到新的和稍微穿过的衣服和鞋子。

学生可以预约参观该中心，该中心将提供一名个人购物者帮助他们选择食品杂货和用品。 每个学生每周可以来一次，并可以在附近的厨房里获得食谱和烹饪示范。 

该中心还与当地银行合作，教授金融知识课程。

联合学生公司（ASI） 食品分发处 还为学生提供免费食品杂货，包括国会公共广播花园种植的新鲜农产品。

去年，每周约有500名学生在食品储藏室购物。

新的基本需求资源中心位于The Well， 1031室，周一至周五上午8点至下午5点开放，仅接受预约。