 Our Share the Plate partner for August is the STUDENT HOUSING SECURITY INITIATIVE developed a few years ago by Lutheran Campus Ministry (LuMin) at CSU. Its goal is to support, both financially and in many other ways, at least some of the 4 in 10 CSU students who find themselves Housing Insecure in the time it takes them to achieve a four-year degree.
What does being “housing insecure” mean? Sleeping on a friend’s couch, living in your car, working three jobs, dropping out for a semester in order to afford both tuition and a place to live next semester. Housing Security means having a consistent roof over your head, a refrigerator with food in it, working one job, being able to focus on finishing your degree, and developing a pathway to work or additional study in your chosen field. Our donations of household items through the Student Welcome Event each August help new SHSI participants outfit their apartments. Our gifts through the SHARE THE PLATE offering help subsidize the monthly rent on those apartments. Any amount will help keep a student in school, working toward and achieving their goals. For further information on this program and Plymouth’s participation in supporting its students, go to: plymouthucc.org/studentsupport. Plymouth gave $678.50 to this program in August.  Our Share the Plate partner for August was the STUDENT HOUSING SECURITY INITIATIVE developed three years ago by Lutheran Campus Ministry (LuMin) at CSU. Its goal is to support, both financially and in many other ways, at least some of the 4 in 10 CSU students who find themselves Housing Insecure in the time it takes them to achieve a four-year degree.
What does being “housing insecure” mean? Sleeping on a friend’s couch, living in your car, working three jobs, dropping out for a semester in order to afford both tuition and a place to live next semester Housing Security means having a consistent roof over your head, a refrigerator with food in it, working one job, being able to focus on finishing your degree, and developing a pathway to work or additional study in your chosen field. Our donations of household items through the Student Welcome Event each August help new SHSI participants outfit their apartments. Our gifts through the SHARE THE PLATE offering help subsidize the monthly rent on those apartments. There are 21 students in the SHSI program this 2023-24 academic year. That’s two students x ten apartments – a lot of rent subsidy. Any amount will help keep a student in school, working toward and achieving their goals. For further information on this program and Plymouth’s participation in supporting its students, go to: plymouthucc.org/studentsupport. Plymouth gave $927.50 from Share the Plate in August. Thank you!  Housing insecurity is an issue for four in 10 CSU students. Lutheran Campus Ministry, in collaboration with churches like us, decided to do something about it: Subsidize the cost of housing and provide the opportunity to be safe in community with one another. Your gifts will support 18 students this year. Learn all about our student support August event and more at their special web page, where you can also see a video of the students! plymouthucc.org/studentsupport Share the Plate provided $879.28 for this project (this does not include money raised separately by the Welcome Event).
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