High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2026

Knights in Action: Fighting Food Insecurity

Knights in Action: Fighting Food Insecurity

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Course Code

LDR

Course Number

2002

Faculty/Instructor

Esther Mandelbaum

Faculty/Instructor Email

esther.mandelbaum@ucf.edu

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As UCF LEAD Scholars, we are enrolled in LDR2002, which is a service-learning course that teaches s leadership. 

We would like to thank Knights Helping Knights Pantry for their collaboration and support during this project. Their dedication to serving the UCF community and soiclal inpsired us and provdided valubale real-world experience. We are grateful to Mia Robinson, the manager at the pantry, as well as to the other volunteers that shared their time and experiences with us. 

We would also like to thank our LDR professor, Dr. Mandelbaum, for her guidance, encouragement, and support. Her insightful feedback helped us refine our ideas and maintain focus. We would like to show our gratitude to the UCF LEAD Scholars Academy for providing academic foundation, resources, and learning environment that made this project possible. 

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

In this service learning project for LDR 2002 we worked with the Knights Helping Knights Pantry to learn more about their organization for the past semester through volunteer service. Throughout our service we made sure UCF students had access to basic necessities of life so they could focus on their school work. This includes clothing, school supplies, and food. We were able to grow as students, volunteers, and compassionate leaders by working with this organization.

Keywords

Food Insecurity; Leadership; Community Service; Campus; Make a Difference; Pantry; Knights Helping Knights; Service;

Knights in Action: Fighting Food Insecurity


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