Food Cupboard

Visitors can receive Groceries and Kitchen Coalition Meals when visiting the Food Cupboard.

• Groceries: We strongly encourage visitors to make use of the Food Cupboard once per week to pick up grocery items as you leave campus for the day. This recommendation is in place to ensure that there is fair distribution and to accommodate as many individuals and families as possible.
• Kitchen Coalition Meals: We are proud to partner with Kitchen Coalition, an initiative through Second Harvest Heartland that provides freshly prepared meals to the NHCC community. Visitors can receive 10 Kitchen Coalition Meals per person in their household, per week, on a first come first served basis. Meals arrive on Tuesday afternoons.

If you are unable to pick up the items you need in one visit, please contact us at foodcupboard@nhcc.edu or 763-493-0502!

1. During your first visit to the Food Cupboard, we ask that you complete a brief registration form due to our participation in The Emergency Food Assistance Program. This form will ask for your Name, Address, Household Size, and self-declaration of program eligibility. This is an annual form and we ask that participants complete this form during their first visit and on an annual basis.
2. Once you are registered, you can select your food, meals, and other items available in the Food Cupboard. You will see signage around the Food Cupboard that provides guidance as to how many choices you may take from each category of food.
3. When you are ready to checkout, a Food Cupboard staff member will ask you to weigh your items on the scale and to provide your STARID number. If you don’t know your STARID, we can look this up for you.
4. There are grocery bags for you to use at your convenience. If you need assistance packing your items, please notify a staff member.

Policies

Due to our participation in The Emergency Food Assistance Program, we may have food items that come from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Therefore, our Food Cupboard follows the USDA Civil Rights Non-Discrimination Policies. Our institution is an equal opportunity employer.

Location: The Food Cupboard is located in the Educational Services Building, Room 120 (ES120) map 

Hours: Our hours have changed!

            Monday: 9:00am-4:00pm

            Tuesday: 9:00am-5:30pm

            Wednesday: 9:00am-5:30pm

            Thursday: 9:00am-4:00pm

            Friday: CLOSED

Donations are a vital part of ensuring the success of the Food Cupboard program. We accept nonperishable donations and financial donations that allow us to offer fresh proteins, produce, dairy products, and other perishable items to Food Cupboard visitors.

Interested in donating? There are a few ways you can get involved!

Monetary Donations:

• Check: Please make checks payable to the “NHCC Foundation” and include “Food Cupboard” in the memo. Send to: NHCC Foundation Office, 7411 85th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445.
• Online: Complete the Foundation Online Donation Form by selecting “other” and typing in “Food Cupboard”

In Person:

• You can drop off donations to Education Services Building Room 120 (ES120).

Highly Needed Items:

• Non perishable food items: Culturally specific non perishable items, snacks/ready to eat items,
• Household items: toilet paper, Kleenex, cleaning supplies, etc.
• Hygiene products: Shampoos, soaps, tooth paste, deodorant, etc.

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