EMU Swoop's Student Pantry

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Kathy S.

2 years ago

Food outdated and mold on breads. Meat was expired and black! Check dates on all the food Dairy outdated and smelled bad. Staff clearly did not want to be there Rude and very unfriendly. You would think E.M U would care that this pantry giving Trash food you would throw away to their students Gross! Can't afford to get sick! Do yourself a favor and go anywhere else. read more

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Hello! Swoop's serves students, staff, faculty, lecturers, and alumni of Eastern Michigan University. If you are not affiliated with EMU, you may come in ONE time for a box of food and a list of other food resources in the community. Thanks!

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Great organization! Well organized! Vital to the community! They provide food to anyone who…read moreneeds it.

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I have done yearly work volunteer events here for the last 6 years. I don't mind setting up the…read moreevents here since it's closer to home. Much of the food is donated by local stores or restaurants. They get a ton of stuff into their warehouse. They always go through the daily protocol in the big conference room. You are to wear gloves and a hair cover and beard cover for those with facial hairs. Now you can add a face mask to the attire too. You start the event work around 9am and work until 11am to noon. The warehouse job is the hardest. I have sorted through some rough looking potatoes, to water logged and decrepit looking cucumbers and tomatoes. It makes you really appreciate the foods we can easily pick through at the grocery store to get the most appealing ones. Any sign of mold gets tossed. This is the hardest of the jobs, but also the most rewarding since it's labor intensive too. I have also had the pleasure of assembling sandwiches in the kitchen too, with wheat squares of bread, some meat like slices of pork meat of some sort and cheese too. Volunteering your time and energy is greatly rewarding and so helpful to those in need. This is a great center that gives back ro the community. At the end of your day, they will brief you on how many bags or boxes of food were boxed that day. It's the only day big the original big 3 OEMs groups can collaborate and work together side by side without any intellectual property issues too.

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Picked up a food box yesterday, my first time. The food that was given to me was expired. The…read moreinstant potato's expired April 2020. The "Turkey Spam" expired April 2022. I saw many senior citizens picking and this is what they give out. Shame on you.

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