South Carolina State University News March 19, 2021 South Carolina State University’s Bulldog Express pantry officially open On Wednesday, March 17, members of the Student Government Association, faculty and staff from SC State came together to celebrate the grand opening of Bulldog Express by having a ribbon cutting. The Bulldog community has been working together to stock up the pantry and now there are plenty of resources for students to get what they need. “We just started setting up this pantry on Sunday and it is literally overflowing now. We didn’t even get a chance to reach out to the companies we planned to reach out to yet and we already have a full pantry thanks to our alumni and staff members,” said SGA President Javonni Ayers. Bulldog Express will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The pantry will include food, toiletries, linen, towels, laundry detergent and other necessities for the students at SC State, whether they live on or off campus. “I walk everywhere, a lot of students walk everywhere, so if you don’t have it that day then your pretty much out of luck until the next day,” said SC State student Jamie Gilmore. He explained his life on campus and talked about some of the struggles the students go through. “It does put a burden on you when you have to worry about groceries because you don’t have a ride and sometimes you just don’t have the money to buy groceries. I feel like the Bulldog Express pantry is going to help a lot because oftentimes people just don’t have it, especially in college,” said Gilmore. Everything in the pantry is free of charge and each student will be allowed up to five items per week For more information, contact SGA President Javonni Ayers at (803) 200-3537 or jayers4@scsu.edu<https://www.scsu.edu/jayers4@scsu.edu>. Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs – Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/