Support the center

There are many ways to get involved with the Basic Needs Center, including organizing a food drive, volunteering at the Buff Pantry and more. Your support goes directly towards funding and maintaining the center and ensuring access for current and future ²ÊÃñ±¦µä students.

  • Buff Pantry: Assist with organizing the pantry, giving tours, greeting clients and logging visits
  • Mobile food pantries​: Help with information collection, food distribution and line management
  • Swipe It Forward: Table at dining hall locations to encourage students to donate meals
  • Buff Break Boxes: Help distrubute fully prepared meals to ²ÊÃñ±¦µä students

Support the center by:

  • to the Buff Pantry
  • Shopping our and Amazon wish lists
  • Participating in programs like Swipe It Forward

Help us combat food insecurity in the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä community by organizing a food drive.  to get started.

Our Impact

September 2022 - September 2024

Food Assistance

 

612,966 pounds

of food distributed through the Buff Pantry and mobile food pantries

 

510,805 meals

provided to the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä community through the Buff Pantry and mobile food pantries

 

16,697 on-campus meals

provided to students through Swipe It Forward and emergency meal cards

 

$2.34 million

saved in grocery store costs

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, on average, a trip to the grocery store in Colorado costs $85.50.

 

Emergency Housing Assistance

Supported 215 students in retaining housing

Reasons Students Seek Emergency Housing

  • Safety concerns: 20%
  • Experiencing houselessness: 48%
  • Facing or experiencing eviction: 2%
  • Uninhabitable living conditions: 20%
  • Inability to afford rent: 1%
  • Gap between housing: 9%

 

3,119 hours

contributed by volunteers

 

910 students reached

through educational programs on nutrition, housing, finance and wellness