The Hawkeye Student Food Pantry is an agency partner of the Northeast Iowa Food Bank and is supported by the AmeriCorps program.
Students are encouraged and welcome to access the Student Food Pantry when they need food at any point through the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
Students may use the pantry once per week and select the food they would like to take.
There is no cost to access the pantry, but students need to know their Hawkeye student ID number before visiting.
The Hawkeye Student Food Pantry was first launched by Joyce Levingston (Hawkeye Alumni and Community Member). Once established, it was supported by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society students. They were inspired by the growing awareness of student food insecurities shown and documented throughout their service-learning classes from Spring 2018 to Spring 2020.
Beginning in May 2020, the Hawkeye Student Food Pantry is supported through distributions from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, donations from local supporters, gifts to the Foundation's Student Emergency Fund, and individual donations of non-expired food.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: http://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
Fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
Email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.