Zoe Sims, a student, and Morgan Rizzardi, associate director of admissions, show the contents of a monthly meal box at Butler County Community College's Pioneer Pantry in Butler Township Monday.

BUTLER TWP — The Pioneer Pantry saw a lot of new faces for Thanksgiving dinner.

Butler County Community College's food pantry provides monthly food packages to students to fight food insecurity. BC3 special events director Mikayla Moretti said 45 students requested the extra package the pantry gave out for the Thanksgiving break, and many of them had not gotten anything from the pantry prior.

“We are seeing a lot more traffic, and a lot more donations,” Moretti said. “It has been a great resource for people these last few weeks.”

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