bucky's small logoThe week of December 15 through the 19, Bucky's Food Pantry met the needs of 37 students/staff of ETSU.  This is almost the number of people we serve in ONE month and we did it in one week.  Needless to say, the shelves are looking a little bare.  PLEASE consider donating items to Bucky's so we will be able to meet the needs of the returning students and staff.  Thank you for thinking about us. 

IMMEDIATE NEED for the following items:  We are COMPLETELY OUT OF:

Sugar, Crackers, Coffee and Creamer, Rice, Dry Beans, Flour, Canned Fruit, Jello & Jello Puddings, Macaroni & Cheese, Canned Potatoes, Granola Bars, Tea, Oil & Shortening, Cereal, Oatmeal, Juice, Cake mixes / icing, Chips, Toothbrushes, Bar soap, Body Wash, Shave Cream, Razors

VERY SHORT SUPPLY OF:

Regular (not freezer) ziploc bags - quart or sandwich size, peanut butter, jelly, water, spaghetti sauce, canned meats, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothpaste

Our requests for food has doubled this year.  Please keep us in mind and donate.  See our Immediate Needs above.   To see what other items we take - go to "About" and click on 'donate food' to see the list. 

NEED A COAT FOR WINTER?  We have some coats remaining from our 2nd Annual Coat Giveaway - find out more by going to the right side of this web page under the picture of the coats.  

OPERATING HOURS FOR SPRING 2015:  

    • Mondays - 8:30 AM to 6:30 pm
    • Tuesdays - 7:30 am to 9:30 am , 10:00 am to 11:00 am, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
    • Wednesday - 7:30 am to 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
    • Thursdays - 8:00 am to 11:00 am, 11:30 am to 4:15 pm, and 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
    • Fridays - 8:00 to 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

For other resources for food go to Bucky’s web page and under services/referrals (http://www.etsu.edu/foodpantry/services/referrals.aspx ) then scroll down to Financial/Food Assistance, you will find other resources for food.

Grand Opening of Bucky's Food Pantry, November 14, 2012


 

 

 

A Challenge to Other ETSU Departments
Hutchinson Hall Food Donation
 
The Student Dietetic Association (SDA) has sponsored a food drive "challenge" for Bucky's Pantry. The challenge was between the different classes/professors to see which class could donate/collect the most food items for the pantry, and the winner gets breakfast (or lunch) for their class. "The timing for this was on the heels of Hunger Awareness Month and national Food Day, as we had been studying issues surrounding the topic in some of the classes."
 
"Anyway........the challenge is over, the winner has been proclaimed, and we have sent all the food – 250 items! – to the Pantry.  We would love for other departments to carry on the challenge and collect food all over campus for the Pantry. It could be huge!"

Vision

1)   The food pantry builds upon ETSU’s history of philanthropic culture and service on the campus by creating new collaborative learning opportunities for students in a variety of academic departments and disciplines.
2)  The food  pantry  provides  the opportunity to assess the prevalence of food insecurity in ETSU college students; to assess retention and health indicators in ETSU college students; and to study the relationships among food insecurity, retention, and health in ETSU college students.
3)   The food pantry educates the ETSU community about resources available to them on and off campus; helps them gain entry into any government assistance programs [desired and or needed] by providing guidance; and sharpens budgeting skills.

 

 
Mission

The mission of the food pantry is to diminish or end food insecurity for the  ETSU community in the most convenient, discreet and easily accessible means possible.

Goals

The goal of the food pantry is to aid those in need of food resources as well as raise awareness of food insecurity and hunger on ETSU campus. Ultimately, the food pantry can expand its resources to cover non-food items such as hygiene products and clothing, if donations are made available.

  University School Project Benefits Bucky’s Food Pantry.

A service project conducted by the University School benefited Bucky’s Food Pantry this November. 

Teachers, Amy Horton, Pam Cromie, Jill Fernandez, and Erica Preswood organized an inter-class scavenger hunt for items to donate to Bucky’s and delivered box after box of food and baby products to the Pantry.

We at Bucky’s Food Pantry thank the University School and their students for their generous gift of their time and efforts to help those in need.

The 2nd Annual Winter Coat Giveaway was a great success.  We still havCoatse some men's and women's coats left and they will be over at Bucky's Food Pantry. 

 

Contact Helen Jones - , Tom Hill - , or Chuck Patton - if you need a coat. 


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Bucky's Food Pantry is on Facebook  - here's the link