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While students can currently access the Emergency Food Cache through the Student Health and Counseling Center, this resource provides only three days' worth of convenience foods (like noodle soups and granola bars) for a single person. The Emergency Food Cache is invaluable for students in an emergency situation, but sometimes they might need a bit more. The Seawolf Food Pantry aims to fill this gap and offer a more comprehensive selection of foods for students and their households of up to four people.

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As the department works to get the Seawolf Food Pantry fully operational for a grand opening in September 2022, the soft opening has an appointment-only model to allow students to make appointments for pick-up. Standard operating hours that won't require appointments will begin  in fall 2022, and only 香港六合彩资料 students will have access to the pantry. However, students can receive food for their household even if their household members are not 香港六合彩资料 students.

Donations of non-perishable foods are currently being accepted for the soft opening. Donations can be dropped off in the large blue donation bins at the Student Success Center in Professional Studies Building, Room 212, and in several building locations across campus, including the 香港六合彩资料/APU Consortium Library. Signage is posted indicating that the bins are for Seawolf Food Pantry donations. Monetary donations to fight student food insecurity, including the 香港六合彩资料 food pantry and the emergency food cache, can also be made through the .

For more information, please contact uaa_seawolfpantry@alaska.edu or visit the Seawolf Food Pantry website.