The pantry is open to all enrolled students, faculty and staff experiencing food insecurity at TAMUG. The pantry provides a resource based on need, please respect this recourse and visit only when you are in need of a resource we provide.
Anyone utilizing the pantry should consider picking up items for a 2-3 day need, we don’t have limits to visits per week and this rule of thumb allows our staff to restock items.
We protect your privacy by making our intake for anonymous. We ask that you fill out an eligibility form the first time you visit each semester. Use of the food pantry will not become a part of the student record, nor will information be shared outside of the food pantry program, supported through the 1973 Center and the CARE Team.
New Program: TAMUG Cleans! This program is new (spring 2024) for our pantry. We know there are large cost barriers in many areas of life, and cleaning can be a burden on financial resources. The pantry made this a priority to help tackle this barrier for our students. Find our list of items that may be checked out here [Link to check out items coming in Feb 2024]!
TAMUG Food Pantry
The TAMUG Food Pantry’s mission is to address food insecurity among our campus community members in need.
The TAMUG Food Pantry is open to our campus community of students, faculty, and staff on the Galveston campus. Founded in 2019, the pantry aims to address and reduce food insecurity among our community. We are located within the 1973 Center on the first floor of Hullabaloo Hall, Rm 141.
Hours of operation
Mon - Fri, 9 A-4:45 P & 8 P-10:45 P
Contact
Call us at 409-740-4973, email us at foodpantry@tamug.edu
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life.
Low food security is described as reduced quality, variety, and desirability of diet, but quantity of food intake and normal eating patterns are not substantially disrupted. Very low food security is when eating patterns are disrupted and food intake is reduced to lack of money or other resources for food. Essentially, food insecurity can be explained as either reducing the quality or quantity of food due to lack of resources.
Hunger can be considered a potential consequence of food insecurity that, because of prolonged, involuntary lack of food, results in discomfort, illness, weakness, or pain that goes beyond the usual uneasy sensation.
To find out whether you are food insecure, complete the following USDA food security survey.