The Campus Harvest Food Pantry offers free bags of non-perishable/shelf-stable groceries, fresh produce, snacks, menstrual products, hygiene products, and diapers/wipes to currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff. The Food Pantry has also published a cookbook with easy-to-prepare, healthy recipes that use ingredients most commonly donated to the pantry for students facing food insecurities.
Location and Hours
The Food Pantry is located in Phillips (Building 3), room 3-110. Our schedule follows the Academic Calendar (i.e. if the college is closed, we are closed). Otherwise, our hours are as follows:
- Snacks: Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Grocery shopping: Wednesdays and Thursdays, Noon – 6:00 p.m.
Email pantry@durhamtech.edu for additional information about our grocery pick-up and food assistance at ²Ê¿â±¦µäapp or complete a .
How to Donate to the Food Pantry
- Make a financial donation through the ²Ê¿â±¦µäapp Foundation. Choose 'Other' in the Designation drop-down menu and type ‘Food Pantry.'
- Email pantry@durhamtech.edu to arrange a donation drop-off.
Donations
We appreciate donations of non-perishable/shelf-stable groceries, fresh produce, snacks, menstrual products, hygiene products, and diapers/wipes. They can be dropped off at the Pantry in the Phillips Building (Building 3), Room 3-110. Please be sure items are in good condition and have not expired.
Most Needed Items:
- Heat-N-Eat Meals: Noodle cups, mac & cheese cups, microwavable meals
- Snack Items: Granola bars, pop-tarts, nuts, fruit snacks, any individually packaged snack items
- Soup: Hearty soups, Progresso or chili
- Canned Beans: Pinto, garbanzo, great northern, kidney
- Canned Fruit: peaches, pineapples, fruit cocktail
- Juice Boxes or Gatorade
- Hygiene Items: Toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, lotion, deodorant
- Menstrual Products: Pads, panty liners, tampons
Community Food Resources
²Ê¿â±¦µäapp will host the every other Sunday, rain or shine, in the Main Campus parking lot. The market is open to the public and features locally-grown produce. There will also be cooking demonstrations, family entertainment, music, and food trucks. Join us on our journey to create a strong Black-led food system right in the heart of NC. Beginning in April 2024 on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month.
Not sure if you are eligible? Complete an and a Benefits Outreach Coordinator with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC will call you to check eligibility and complete your application over the phone in just 10-15 minutes!
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
WIC is a food assistance program for pregnant or breastfeeding mothers and children up to age five)
- To apply in Orange County, call the Health Department at 919-245-2422.
- To apply in Durham County, call the at 919-956-4042.
No Kid Hungry North Carolina
provides information about food resources when people text FOODNC to 877-877.
- Durham County Food Resources
- has a searchable list of 55 Durham area food pantries. Or, download the free to find resources close to you.
- For all other campuses or locations, contact pantry@durhamtech.edu to arrange for a food bag.
- Orange County Food Resources
- For Orange County Campus Students, visit our Hillsborough campus at 525 College Park Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278.
- The Town of Chapel Hill is maintaining an of .
- provides food bags to residents of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and those who work in Orange County. Call 919-929-6380 to place a food bag order and arrange a pick-up time. Food bags will be brought to your car upon arrival.
- The Inter-Faith Council continues to serve hot meals daily in a grab-and-go format (lunch daily, dinner Monday-Friday).
- provides food bags to residents of the Orange County school district (including residents without children). Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for drop-in service. Call 919-732-6194, ext. 12.
- is delivering bags of non-perishables and fresh food to families with children in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System. If you have students in the CHCCS district and you are not already a TABLE recipient, sign up for their waiting list by calling 919-636-4860.
- Orange County Seniors Supplemental Food Box program distributes a box of non-perishable groceries once a month to qualified Orange County residents who are over 60. To enroll email shmcpherson@orangecountync.gov or call 919-245-4243.
- Food Not Bombs: , and they will respond within 48 hours.
NC Collegiate Hunger Challange Winner
Congratulations to Jessica Zettlemoyer for winning First-in-Sector in the NC Collegiate Hunger Challenge. Due to her effort and contribution, ²Ê¿â±¦µäapp was awarded $5,000 to go towards the Campus Harvest Food Pantry. Read more about this accomplishment below: