Fuel for Success Food Campaign
It's our mission to ensure that no student goes hungry. Our mobile markets, campus food pantries, and other food initiatives and programs are here to help, and there are additional community resources to assist students in need.
We urge any student who has difficulty accessing sufficient food to eat every day, or who lacks a safe and stable place to live, to contact the Student Wellness Center.
Mobile Markets provide fresh fruits, vegetables, and other foods to MC students, faculty/staff, and the community at no cost to participants.
The Mobile Market provides fresh fruits, vegetables, and other foods to MC students, faculty/staff, and the community. The food is distributed on campus at no cost. All you need to do is check the schedule for the campus convenient to you, bring your bags to carry your groceries, and pick up some food.
No proof of eligibility is required. Food is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Mobile Market is a partnership between Montgomery College and the Capital Area Food Bank. If you're interested in volunteering with the Mobile Market, please fill out the volunteer form new window. Questions or need information - contact Angela Dawson.
Mobile Market Dates
Mobile Markets take place on the following Wednesdays:
Location: Outside the Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard Student Affairs and Science Building (SA)/Bus Circle (Inclement weather: BE Circle)
Time: 10 a.m.–noon
First Wednesday of the month.
September 2
October 7
November 4
December 2
TBD
Location: Outside North Garage (NG)
Time: 10 a.m.–noon
Second Wednesday of the month.
September 9
October 14
November 11
December 9
February 10
March 14
April 12
May 9
June 14
Location: Charlene R. Nunley Student Services Center Atrium (ST)
Time: 2–3:30 p.m.
Third Wednesday of the month unless noted by an *.
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 9
February 17
March 24
April 21
May 5
June 16
Campus Food Pantries are now open. See the dates and times by opening the accordion.
Each of the three main campuses and the East County Education Center has a pantry stocked with snacks, food, personal hygiene products, and household items. As an MC student, you are welcome to pick up a snack to carry you through your next class and to take a few items home.
Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard Student Affairs and Science Building, SA 204
Monday through Friday: 9–11:30 a.m. and 12:30–3:30 p.m.
Closed during Mobile Markets on all campuses.
Long Nguyen and Kimmy Duong Student Services Center, SV 001
Monday through Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed during Mobile Markets on all campuses.
Charlene R. Nunley Student Services Center, ST 217
Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Closed during Mobile Markets on all campuses.
Raptor Central, ECEC 135
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Open during Mobile Markets at GT/RV/TPSS campuses.
The food pantries are continually in need of snack foods as well as nonperishable items that can be taken home. Suggestions are listed below for anyone who would like to donate items.
Canned and Jarred Goods
- Beans, vegetables, fruits, soups, spaghetti sauce, meats, tuna fish, salmon, Vienna sausages, apple sauce, fruit cocktail
- Cooking oil, shortening sticks
- Condiments, such as ketchup, mustard, spices
- Peanut butter, jams, jellies
Dried Goods
- Rice, beans, peas, soup mixes, spaghetti, pasta, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs
- Instant scalloped and mashed potatoes
- Flour, sugar, cake mix, muffin mix, pancakes mix, dried milk, boxes of cereal
Baby Goods
- Baby formula and baby food
- Bottled and canned beverages
Paper Goods
- Plates, cups, napkins
- Paper towels, tissues
- Toilet paper
Personal Hygiene Products
- Toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss
- Shampoo (hotel samples are perfect)
- Sanitary products
- Soaps, deodorants
Microwaveable, Ready to Eat Food:
- Individually packaged dinners, meat or vegetarian individual meal servings
- Macaroni and cheese mixes, soups, oatmeal packets
- Breads, rolls, bagels (not more than a day old), potatoes
Snacks
- Dried fruits, raisins, nuts in small packages
- Fruit snacks, Pop Tarts, fruit cups, pudding
- Crackers (small packets of cheese or peanut butter), granola bars, pretzels
- Bags of assorted chips, pretzels, cheese balls, popcorn, etc.
Fresh Fruits
- Apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, pears, peaches, plums
Beverages
- Instant coffee, teabags, sugar, creamer, individual packets of hot chocolate
- Juice boxes
- Bottled water, canned beverages, juices
Cleaning Products
- Laundry detergent, dish soap, cleansers
- Paper and plastic shopping bags
Can Openers
Grocery and hygiene assistance for MC students.
The Montgomery College Food Locker Program offers grocery and hygiene assistance to MC students. Whether you are experiencing food insecurity or using the Food Locker to save money for something else, we’re here as a resource for all students.
All students, credit and non-credit, who are registered for the current semester are able to participate. No financial information is required to determine eligibility.
You will need to complete an information/waiver form. This form requires your MC ID number and some basic demographic information. No financial information is asked. However, an acknowledgement is required for the waiver.
Once you have been determined eligible, you will receive a Food Locker ID number and a window of time to pick up your items.
Food items vary week to week but primarily consist of soup, cereal, pasta and many other nonperishables. There is quite a variety of food represented in limited quantities, such as organic and ethnic foods.
Hygiene products are also available on a limited basis.
Feel free to drop off items to the Student Wellness Center in SV 316 on the Rockville Campus or ST 217 on the TP/SS campus.
Interested in donating without visiting campus? See each campuses Amazon wish lists to donate and have items sent directly to the Food Lockers.
To sign up for Food Locker, please register here new window.
Registration is Limited
If you have any questions about the Raptor Essentials Pantry or Food Locker, please
contact the Student Wellness Center at stlifetpss@montgomerycollege.edu or 240-567-2369.
How to Give
Help students access essential items by making a gift through the Montgomery College Foundation or have items donated directly by purchasing them from our Amazon Wish Lists for our specific campuses: Germantown new window, Rockville new window or Takoma Park/Silver Spring new window.