Amherst Survival Center Civic Engagement & Service-Learning

Amherst Survival Center connects residents of Hampshire and Franklin Counties to food, clothing, healthcare, wellness, and community, primarily through volunteer efforts. The center welcomes everyone to enjoy a Breakfast Bar, Hot Lunch, Fresh Food Distribution, Free Medical Clinic, Community (free) Store and Community Center/Volunteer Program.  Other services include assistance with SNAP applications, a wellness program, job search support, and a variety of information and referral services. 

Center for Community Engagement, Center for Community Engagement

Service Learning Power Point

Dancing donors: Amherst middle school students donate half of proceeds from school dance to survival center

Are universities of the past still the future

Service Learning Power Point

Providing for the hungry in Western Massachusetts: Food pantries, survival centers offer a lifeline to those in need

Jinn Janpathompong - Food Service Intern - Amherst Survival Center

ACM's Equitable Civic Engagement Institute Offers Applicable Lessons - Associated Colleges of the Midwest

Students find purpose in service learning – Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Civic Engagement - NECC

Olivier Bradley » Congressional Hunger Center

UMass Civic Engagement & Service-Learning

The Recorder - Inflation, aid cuts driving greater need for food aid in region

UMass Civic Engagement & Service-Learning