- Contact your closest regional food bank through Feeding PA or Hunger-Free PA.
- Apply for SNAP or other related health and human services through COMPASS.
- Access community resources by dialing 2-1-1, texting your zip code to 898-211, or searching online at www.pa211.org.
- Access your campus or local food pantry.
- Help create or expand a food pantry on your campus.
- Reference Students Against Hunger's Running a Campus Food Pantry Student Government Toolkit (PDF) for best practices.
- Reference Students Against Hunger's Running a Campus Food Pantry Student Government Toolkit (PDF) for best practices.
- Create or expand a food recovery program to rescue food that would otherwise be wasted.
- The following organizations work to recover food across Pennsylvania, some with a specific focus on college campuses:
- 412 Food Rescue (serving Greater Pittsburgh)
- Chester County Food Bank Food Rescue (serving Chester County)
- Food Connect Group (serving Greater Philadelphia)
- Food Recovery Network Pennsylvania (chapters exist statewide)
- Fooding Forward (serving Greater Philadelphia)
- Philly Food Rescue (serving Greater Philadelphia)
- Rolling Harvest Food Rescue (serving Bucks and Montgomery Counties)
- Sharing Excess (serving Greater Philadelphia and beyond)
- FeedShare (app that can be used anywhere)
- The following organizations work to recover food across Pennsylvania, some with a specific focus on college campuses:
- Connect with student hunger advocacy organizations such as:
- Swipe Out Hunger
- The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University
- Nazun (Previously Challah for Hunger)
- Swipe Out Hunger
- Affordable food offerings that include nutritious options:
PA Hunger-Free Campus & EmpowerU
Resources for Students & Student Organizations
