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Centennial Food Distribution is open for SAC students

On a recent Wednesday morning, a dozen staff and volunteer students broke down and organized three pallets of food in the Centennial Education quad. The line for the bimonthly on-campus food pantry

February 26, 2025

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Welcome back! Here’s what to know about parking, food and more

Parking By Lizett Gallo Finding parking is difficult again at SAC as the spring semester starts. Here is some helpful information to beat the traffic. Before 2 p.m. it seems that students

February 20, 2025

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Back to school recap: Thrive Center, construction, wasps and security escorts

Wasps found throughout campus By Lizett Gallos Students may notice active wasp nests around campus, such as around the Johnson Student Center. “[These types of] wasps are a normal and natural part

September 4, 2024

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Thrive Center partners with Smart & Final

Every Tuesday, the Thrive Center employees drive across the street to Smart & Final and grocery shop for the Food Pantry. Smart & Final has partnered with the Thrive Center, to help

March 11, 2024

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Thrive Center resources for all students

Santa Ana College has an array of resources students can use. The Thrive Center provides an array of resources for currently enrolled students. Students must first fill out a student basic needs

September 25, 2023

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Thrive Center offers free groceries, snacks contraceptives, and diapers

The Thrive Center is a basic needs center eligible for all Santa Ana College students as a resource, located in Room 206 in the Village. However, they only allow four people at

February 23, 2023

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3 ways to get free food at the on-campus food pantry

You Hungry? Here Are Three Ways to Get Food at The Thrive Center With the Campus Cafe closed, students have been forced to look elsewhere for food. One option, just past the

September 8, 2022

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College works to tackle growing housing insecurity among students

By Kate Harker The number of homeless students at Santa Ana College is currently unknown because the most recent survey conducted was in 2019, before the pandemic. The 2019 Food Pantry Survey,

May 13, 2022

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On-campus food pantry tries to keep up with demand

The Fainbarg-Chase Thrive Center continues to accumulate regulars, often leaving shelves and refrigerators in the portable-classroom-turned-food-pantry empty by Thursday. Since opening in fall of 2021 student use of the food pantry

March 29, 2022

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