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The Cornucopia Food Pantry provides food and other support to UNH students, staff, faculty and their families. The Waysmeet Center seeks to be an open and inclusive facility and program for all people, and to build bridges between peoples, groups and communities on campus and the Durham area. We serve UNH students, staff and faculty, and their families, though no one is ever turned away. Last year, we provided approximately 370 food gift baskets to families; and served about 250 people on a weekly and emergency basis. We typically serve about 3-5 families per week.

History
The Cornucopia Food Pantry has been in operation since 1997. It is a food pantry located on campus and open year round for UNH students, staff, faculty and their families in need. The Food Pantry provides food on a weekly basis for those in need, provides holiday baskets three times a year for families in the community, and has monthly outreach meals to the Forest Park community here on campus. The Food Pantry has patrons from various cultures and countries, and has a rich diversity of folks using the pantry. The Food Pantry and Waysmeet Center also work with families and community members to link folks with transportation, gift and support resources. We also have a teddy bear program that provides teddy bears to children and families in need of emotional and joyful support.

In The News
This is just a collection of many different things relating to the Cornucopia Food Pantry.  There are articles written by the UNH Campus Journal, news articles from the local towns and seacoast area, projects done volunteers on campus, and essays by concerning people who want to let the community know just how important and valued this service is to UNH and Durham.

The most recent news is about our move to the Waysmeet Center and this years basket drive, as reported in the UNH Campus journal.  Please check out this article posted on April 16th, 2008 "Cornucopia Food Pantry: New Location, Same Need" by Jody Record.

Here is another that outlined our December 2007 Holiday Drive, "Cornucopia Seeks Help With Holiday Baskets" by Jody Record.

The campus journal has done many articles on the food pantry, like this one "Cornucopia Brings Holiday Warmth to Those in Need: UNH Food Pantry Begins Winter Food Basket Collections" By Lori Wright, Media Relations (11/2005)

Another great article was posted at The New Hampshire titled "UNH food pantry feeds Durham's needy" By: Sonja Fridell, Issue date: 11/15/05.

History

In the News

Mission

Cornucopia - Quick Menu About Us Community Resources Cooperative Extension Durham Community Dinner Food Basket Project Food Pantry Office of Community Service & Learning Office of International Students & Scholars Suggest Food Donations UNH United Campus Ministry (Waysmeet Center) View Requested Food Items Volunteer Information

The United Campus Ministry to UNH
& the Cornucopia Food Pantry
The Waysmeet Center, 15 Mill Road
Durham, NH 03824
Contact: Rev Larry Brickner-Wood; Phone: (603) 862-1165
Email: waysmeet@msn.com or Larry.Brickner-Wood@unh.edu

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