{"id":10052,"date":"2025-10-09T09:38:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=10052"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:38:49","slug":"nicholls-colonel-closet-receives-three-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/09\/nicholls-colonel-closet-receives-three-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholls Colonel Closet Receives Three Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Nicholls State University\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/case-management\/colonel-closet\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colonel Closet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has received grants from three community supporters \u2013 the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayoucf.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bayou Community Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laregents.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana Board of Regents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rouses.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rouses Supermarkets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/BCF-Grant-Pic-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>The Bayou Community Foundation contributed a $10,000 grant to Nicholls State University\u2019s Colonel Closet for the third year in a row. This will aid the program in providing free resources to Nicholls students, faculty and staff in need, such as food and drink items, cleaning and bath supplies, personal hygiene necessities, basic household goods and some emergency financial assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Louisiana Board of Regents also awarded a $10,000 grant to help Nicholls expand and promote its Hunger Free Campus Awareness program. Funds will be used to distribute prepared meals, in collaboration with Nicholls\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/allied-health-sciences\/dietetics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dietetics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> program and Sodexo, to university members at awareness events throughout the academic year and to purchase frozen prepared meals that will be distributed year round at the Colonel Closet for students residing on campus during holidays and breaks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10057 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/Rouses-Dairy-Pic-scaled.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 192px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 192\/256;\" \/><\/a>In addition, Rouses Supermarkets has renewed the dairy program for the third year in a row, helping provide dairy products for the Colonel Closet\u2019s Dairy Max cooler at no cost to the university community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen the basic necessities of life are provided for, students will persevere in their studies and be successful in the larger mission of why they are here at Nicholls State University,\u201d said Student Affairs Case Manager Andi Sonnier, LMSW.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Colonel Closet<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Created through the Nicholls <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/student-affairs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Office of Student Affairs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Colonel Closet has become a vision of hope following the ever-growing concern for the basic needs of students impacted by circumstances beyond their control. The mission is to reduce the environmental impact of wasted goods by providing Nicholls students, faculty and staff in need with access to donated, reusable necessities like clothing, household goods, small furniture items and school supplies at no cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9328.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10055 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9328-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"183\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9328-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9328.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 244px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 244\/183;\" \/><\/a>The Colonel Closet has also become a platform for incorporating service hours for university organizations, employment for work-study students and internship opportunities for candidates in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/education\/support-programs\/bridge-to-independence\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bridge to Independence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> program. In addition, the program has expanded by working with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/business\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">business<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/education\/psychology\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">psychology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/business\/marketing\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">marketing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> major interns on its future plans. Long-term sustainability efforts for the project include maintaining partnerships with community and university organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Redistributing usable items to others directly reduces landfill waste, preserves water, reduces chemical pollution and ultimately, reduces Nicholls\u2019 carbon footprint while helping each other. Donations of quality, clean items with reuse potential from students, faculty, staff and the community are accepted year round during the Colonel Closet\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/case-management\/colonel-closet\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">operational hours<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9331.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10056 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9331-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"205\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9331-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/10\/IMG_9331.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 273px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 273\/205;\" \/><\/a>Contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:colonelcloset@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">colonelcloset@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or call 985-493-2529 for information on how to provide financial contributions. Surplus items are donated to local non-profit organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about upcoming Colonel Closet events and initiatives, follow its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColonelCloset\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecolonelcloset\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@colonel.closet\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TikTok<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday, October 9, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payton Suire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media Relations &amp; Publications Coordinator,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4141<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:payton.suire@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">payton.suire@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Nicholls State University\u2019s Colonel Closet has received grants from three community supporters \u2013 the Bayou Community Foundation, the Louisiana Board of Regents and Rouses Supermarkets. The Bayou Community Foundation contributed a $10,000 grant to Nicholls State University\u2019s Colonel Closet for the third year in a row. 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