Bear Pantry News Today

“Eggs, cheese, half gallons of whole milk, frozen meat go quick. ... They’re the hot commodities. Hygiene products, toilet paper and toothpaste go fast, too. Sometimes we have fun treats like ice cream.”

Over the past year, visits to the university's Bear Pantry, which provides food for the community, more than doubled. Thanks to a new partnership with the Weld Food Bank, UNC is now able to bring a mobile version of its food bank to campus monthly.

University Village, campus’s graduate housing for families, plans to start charging residents for parking monthly in the 2024-2025 academic year.

To tackle food insecurity, the city of Berkeley has several establishments that provide groceries to those in need of assistance.

Sheng Thao says her experiences will help her lead the city through its severe housing crisis

There was reservation when Braedyn Thomas introduced his community project idea — a food pantry at Kodiak High School — to his Boy Scouts of America troop.

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Berkeley center of Islamic Sufism donates groceries, masks for Ramadan M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism®/Courtesy The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley donated to Bear Pantry in celebration of the end of Ramadan. The donations included nonperishable food items in addition to personal protective equipment supplies. The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi, or MTO, Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley celebrated the end of Ramadan by donatin...