Pomona College students rescue 400 meals per week and awarded a grant

This year Pomona College has donated about 400 meals per week to feed local homeless people, according to Pomona College officials.

"Every night during the school year, student volunteers have picked up prepared but unserved food from Frank Dining Hall and delivered it to the Inland Valley Hope Partners family shelter," officials said in a news release. "On weekdays, Upper Room Church rescues unserved food from both Frank and Frary Dining Halls and delivers it to two sites in Pomona and sometimes a third in Fontana."

The program, because of its success, was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Strauss Foundation Public Service Projects programfor expenses and to help begin similar programs at other college campuses, according to officials.