Cans-Giving Drive

Stuff The Pantry (Not Just The Turkey): November 2 - 25

The Food Pantry at Columbia is hosting its annual Cans-Giving Drive in the lead up to Thanksgiving, to help meet urgent community needs before the holidays. The Cans-Giving Drive invites everyone to join in the spirit of giving by donating unexpired, non-perishable food items and meal kits to help stock the Food Pantry at Columbia and support our campus community.

Acceptable Donation Items:

• Peanut butter (and other kinds of nut butters)
• Canned soup
• Canned fruit
• Canned vegetables
• Canned stew
• Canned fish (tuna, salmon, or any other variety)
• Canned meats (chicken and other canned proteins)
• Canned beans (garbanzo, pinto, black or any other bean variety)
• Pasta (rigatoni, linguine, tagliatelle, shells, elbow, any dry pasta)
• Rice (brown, white, Jasmine, basmati, and other)
• Quinoa
• Barley
• Flour
• Oil (canola, vegetable)

Please note that we only accept non-expired and unopened non-perishable food items.

Feel free to donate any item or a combination of canned goods to provide students with the following meal kits featuring a variety of cuisines and dishes. For inspiration, please check out our Thanksgiving-themed meal kits.

DROP-OFF LOCATIONS

Drop-off bins are conveniently located across campus making it easy for you to contribute during your day. Every can, box, and meal kit helps us “stuff the pantry" and and support students this holiday season.