The Wichita State Student Senate voted to approve a vehicle for the Kiah Duggins Shocker Support Locker to help with carrying supplies to the locker. The locker provides free food and other items to students. 

“(SSL) staff has had to rely on borrowed vehicles from other departments, and this has not always been reliable due to scheduling conflicts,” Student Body Treasurer Luke Bumm said while presenting the legislation. “If allocated, these funds will provide students with more consistent and reliable means of securing food and other necessities in time of need.” 

The bill approved $28,000 from SGA’s Special Projects Fund to go toward paying for a new Ford T250, and an alumnus is paying another $28,000. If the price of the vehicle ends up being lower than the expected $56,000, the remainder will be reimbursed into the Special Projects Fund, Bumm said. 

Because the vehicle will be owned by the state of Kansas because WSU is a public university, the state will cover insurance. The only ongoing cost for the vehicle will be gas expenditures, which will be paid out of the SGA budget since the Support Locker is under SGA. 

The alumnus who made the donation did not share their name. 

Editor’s note: The story was been updated with more recent information regarding how gas expenditures will be paid.