SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chegg, Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), the leading student-first connected learning platform, announced collegiate basketball star Paige Bueckers as its first student athlete brand ambassador. Paige and Chegg will work to draw awareness for the issue of student hunger, with a report1 from Chegg.org showing that 32% of U.S. college students surveyed reported they had suffered from food insecurity since the start of the pandemic. The report’s findings mirror the larger food insecurity crisis which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and structural inequalities. According to the USDA2 more than 38 million people and 12 million children in the United States are food insecure.
Paige and Chegg.org, the non-profit arm of Chegg, have partnered with hunger relief and food recovery company Goodr to launch their first free pop-up grocery market in Minneapolis, Minnesota during NCAA Final Four Weekend. The pop-up grocery market, taking place on April 2nd, will provide 6,000 meals and will be the first of several Goodr grocery markets launched as the Minnesota-native and Chegg work together to bring awareness to the issue of student hunger. After the tournament, Chegg.org and Paige will work towards opening permanent free Goodr grocery stores on school and college campuses to further address the issue of food insecurity amongst America’s students.
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