The Quaker Cupboard, located in the Bonner House, is Guilford College’s campus food pantry which aims to address food insecurity issues* on campus and in the community. Run under the umbrella of Guilford College’s Food Justice Club, the QC receives donations from area grocery stores, direct community donations and produce grown in Guilford College garden plots. With the understanding that Guilford
College’s student and staff populations are diverse, it serves a variety of needs: a snack between classes, a couple of bags of groceries to make a budget stretch, as well as personal hygiene items. The QC stocks both perishable and nonperishable groceries, hygiene products (soap, razor, feminine hygiene care) and safer-sex items (condoms/lubricant) for anyone who can use them, free of charge. Students, faculty/staff and community members are welcome to make use of the Quaker Cupboard during during Bonner House hours (typically 9 a.m. The QC also welcomes appointments which can be made by contacting [email protected] or via the QC’s page: www.facebook.com/quakercupboard. Please contact these resources, also, if you would like to make a donation to this vital campus resource. The Quaker Cupboard’s mission is “for no one in the Guilford College family to go without.”
*The National Campaign Against Student Hunger and Homelessness summarizes that food insecurity is “the lack of reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable, nutritious food.” It is common on college campuses and universities with the potential of undermining the success of untold thousands of students.