<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/bc3-to-expand-pioneer-pantry-to-additional-locations-as-part-of-20k-grant.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>01/23/2024 03:15:22 PM</pubDate><title>BC3 to expand Pioneer Pantry to additional locations as part of $20K grant</title><subtitle>College awarded funds to broaden, sustain food security effort</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College food security program for low-income students will receive a $20,000 grant that will in part expand a 4½-year-old main campus Pioneer Pantry to BC3 additional locations in Armstrong, Butler, Jefferson and Lawrence counties. </description><author/><image-caption>Valerie Fennell, of Butler, sorts frozen fish, chicken and pork in a freezer within the Pioneer Pantry on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Fennell volunteers at the pantry through AmeriCorps. A BC3 food security program for low-income students will receive a $20,000 state grant that will in part expand the 4½-year-old Pioneer Pantry to BC3 additional locations in Armstrong, Butler, Jefferson and Lawrence counties.</image-caption><tags><tag>Holistic Support</tag><tag>Student Support</tag><tag>pioneer pantry</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2025/pioneer-pantry-a.jpg" alt="BC3_Pioneer Pantry_Grant"/></image></item>