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Pokes Food Pantry helps students

The University of Wyoming's Pokes Food Pantry offers free food, clothing, hygiene products and children's items to students, staff and faculty with a valid UW ID.

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  1. The University of Wyoming's Pokes Food Pantry offers free food, clothing, hygiene products and children's items to students, staff and faculty with a valid UW ID.
  2. The pantry is meant to address food insecurity, which affects around 40% of the student population, according to Jess Dooley, who oversees the Polk Center for Community Resources.
  3. No proof of need is required, and users can take up to 45 food items a week and 10 clothing items per visit.
  4. Last year the pantry recorded over 7,900 visits from about 403 households, and Dooley encourages anyone in the UW community to stop by.
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Branding Iron (UW student newspaper)

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Albany County, WY

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