02/01/2022
By Richard Doria
The Office of Student & Family Support Services is pleased to announce the launch of UML Strive! The goal of UML Strive is to ensure access for students so that their basic life needs can be met (housing, food, and personal care). The pandemic has impacted many of our campus community, with food and housing insecurity continuing to be an increasing concern. UML Strive is a student support initiative that encompasses providing access to our community so that their basic life needs can be met (i.e., food, housing, clothing, etc.). We encourage staff and faculty to view our resources and to refer students to us if they are in need of support.
We are also pleased to relaunch the UML Strive Pantry. This is a resource that many of our campus utilizes when facing food insecurity, but we also provide personal care products as well. Updated hours can be found on our website. We also recognize that food insecurity not only impacts our students, but also our staff and faculty. The UML Strive Pantry is open to all within the UMass Lowell community. If you are in need, please email umlfoodpantry@uml.edu. You may set-up a time outside of pantry hours to access the pantry.
To learn more about UML Strive or learn ways to donate, we invite you to visit our webpage and follow us on Instagram and Facebook.
We also encourage students who have meal plans to donate a guest meal swipe. The donated meal swipe goes toward the SOS Meal Swipe bank, which provides access to those in need of food to various campus dining locations. If you work with students an would like to incorporate this as a program opportunity, please visit our webpage to learn more about the SOS Meal Swipe Program.
If you have any questions, please let us know.