University of Maryland College Park Campus Pantry Endowment

The mission of the UMD Campus Food Pantry is to alleviate food insecurity and food hardship among UMD-College Park students, faculty and staff.  Our specific objectives include:

• Creating a safe space to distribute good quality and nutritious emergency food to current UMD-College Park students, faculty and staff.
• Creating and promoting a space on campus dedicated to food donation collection.
• Collecting good quality and nutritious food items (donations) that may otherwise go to waste to enhance sustainability initiatives on campus.
• Raising awareness around hunger issues, especially as experienced by low-income college students.
• Encouraging student engagement to foster a sense of community, volunteerism and service to peers on campus. 

This campus wide initiative is coordinated by Dining Services.