Resources for Students or Student Organizations

• 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.
• 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)
• 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)
  
• Affordable food offerings that include nutritious options:
• PA Eats — Celebrating Food + Fighting Hunger in Pennsylvania
• Nourish PA Archives — PA Eats