Thank you for your interest in donating to our organization! In the 2022-2023 school year, we distributed 317,353 pounds of food to UCSB students— and hope to increase that number this year with your help.
Your contribution will provide a student with:
1) Nutritious food
2) A moment to relax and relieve stress
3) Time to focus on school
We accept donations in the form of monetary contributions and in-kind donations (food and other physical goods). Learn more about our donation process and guidelines below.
Monetary donations:
A $10 donation can feed a student for a week and a $100 donation can feed a student for the quarter. Your donation will go directly towards funding item purchases for our pantry and auxiliary programs.
We receive monetary donations through checks OR online through our marketplace website.
UCEN, Room 2537
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(2) For the Online Marketplace website, the link is:
1) Click the link above
2) Click on any of the donation options or enter a custom amount that you wish to donate
3) Click on “Add to Bag”
4) Checkout after filling in your information
In-kind donations (food and other physical goods):
Your donated items will be redistributed through our pantry and auxiliary programs to feed our UCSB community! We can accept any unopened, labeled item. Items that are slightly expired or damaged (lightly dented cans) may be considered.
Recommended Donations:
- Non-perishable foods, canned foods, rice, vegetable broth, breakfast bars, instant ramen, instant coffee, packaged snacks
- Unopened toiletries: toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, lotion, laundry detergent
- Student Dependent Program items: diapers, baby wipes, infant formula, baby food
Items may be donated at our pantry or any of our donation bins located around campus.
Donation locations
- AS Food Bank (and more to come)
