The NSU Shark Pantry provides students with free food, canned fruits and vegetables, ramen, bread, milk, cereal and eggs weekly. Additionally, the pantry offers toiletry items and feminine hygiene products.
Meline Kevorkian, NSU associate provost and dean of the College of Computing and Engineering, had the idea for the Shark Pantry when she noticed some students struggling with providing food for themselves. In 2021, the Shark Pantry was introduced to combat food insecurity and give students access to free food.
By presenting their SharkCard at the Shark Pantry, students can fill their bags with up to 10 pounds of items per week. Some items, such as bread and milk, can only be taken once per week. Others, like ramen and canned meats, can be taken twice per week. Up to five toiletry items can be taken per week.
The Shark Pantry is on the second floor of the Don Taft University Center by the side of the RecPlex. Its hours are Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m. During the summer, the pantry is open only on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The pantry is supported by sponsors like Publix, Pepsi and Trader Joe’s. NSU’s Greek Life also hosts canned food drives that get donated to the pantry. To donate to the Shark Pantry, items can be dropped off in labeled boxes across campus, including in the Carl DeSantis building, Horvitz Administration building and the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center.
The Shark Pantry welcomes student volunteers to help restock items, maintain the pantry and promote its work at university events.
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