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Many folks have a desire to volunteer but just do not know how about doing it.  Check out some of our useful links to learn just how easy it is to help out.

Donations are accepted year round and can be accepted at the Waysmeet Center.  Are you interesting in donating some food to Cornucopia?  Not sure what items to donate or want to prepare a special food basket for someone in need?  You can view our current listing of items that people need, visit the Food Pantry Project for basket ideas, review the general information about Cornucopia's Food Pantry, and use our donate a basket form to submit a basket, or email/call any of the food pantry contacts with any questions.

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. We have a group of UNH staff and community folks who serve as a team of folks to oversee the Food Pantry, and Stephen Luber, Operations Manager for the Housing Department, is our Coordinator at the present time. Cornucopia is a partnership of the UNH Chaplains Association, the United Campus Ministry to UNH, the UNH Office of Community Service and Learning, The UNH Department of Residential Life, and the UNH Department of Housing.

You can also learn more about volunteering at UNH visit through the Office of Community Service & Learning, your link to community service and service-learning connections at UNH. They are located in the basement of Hitchcock Hall (a residence hall in the "Upper Quad"), just down the hall from the Office of Residential Life.

Ways To Help Out At The Cornucopia Food Pantry

Helping with the Gift Baskets three times a year, Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring. What is really helpful is to do one or more baskets with your class, office, department, dorm floor, team, etc. We can give you specific food items for each holiday, and you can personalize them from there!

Donating food, picking up a few items whenever you go shopping. Having folks buy meats, eggs, dairy, bread, fruit and vegetables is particularly appealing. We do not stock most of these items regularly, but we can get them to families who need them when we have them. They are also the more expensive items, so donations of these are always appreciated. We also always appreciate paper goods and personal hygiene items.

Organizing a food drive in your class, department, residence hall, apartment, etc. especially for the items we need at any given time.

We need help with Fund Raising and outreach to folks who might support us…

We need volunteers to assist with our community outreach dinners, which are usually held on a monthly basis.

We also need Wednesday afternoon volunteers for the summer.


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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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