<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/bc3-among-first-in-pa-to-be-designated-as-hunger-free-campus.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>09/27/2022 11:16:12 AM</pubDate><title>BC3 among first in PA to be designated as Hunger-Free Campus</title><subtitle/><description>(Butler, PA) The frozen chicken wings, fresh sweet potato, boxed pasta and bottled juice Kelly Heckert wheels with other foods in a red wagon from Butler County Community College’s Pioneer Pantry will provide supplemental nutrition for the adult literacy student and her 5-year-old granddaughter.</description><author/><image-caption>Kelly Heckert, of Butler, a Butler County Community College adult literacy student, selects food items inside BC3’s Pioneer Pantry on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. BC3 also offers free food at grab-and-go stations at its six locations in five western Pennsylvania counties and has been designated as a Hunger-Free Campus by the state Department of Education.</image-caption><tags><tag>Holistic Support</tag><tag>Student Support</tag><tag>Year in Review 2022</tag><tag>pioneer pantry</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2022/hunger-free-campus-a.jpg" alt="woman at food pantry on bc3 campus"/></image></item>