New online registration system gives UPEI students easier access to campus food bank [Video]

The food bank at the University of Prince Edward Island is making changes to improve the experience for people on campus who need extra support.

The service now features a new system with online registration and easier distribution to clients, along with a new piuckup location in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

Jonathan Hewitt, UPEI’s manager of student culture and community standards, said students often had to wait in line to access the food bank’s previous location at the Chaplaincy Centre.

The new kiosk in the student centre, combined with the new online system, aims to address this issue.

“Moving it to this new distribution system, which allows students to register ahead of time, will hopefully reduce some of the stress that they experience while waiting for food,” said Hewitt, who oversees the UPEI Campus Food Bank’s advisory board.

The UPEI Campus Food Bank has moved to a new location …