UTEP Food Pantry

Food insecurity is an obstacle to student success. You can help ensure that students' basic needs are being met.

The mission of the UTEP Food Pantry is simple: to alleviate food insecurity on campus and reduce barriers to professional and academic success. The initiative offers nonperishable food and toiletry items to UTEP community members, providing a solution to an issue silently plaguing many Miners. 

Data from the UTEP Food and Housing Security Survey, conducted over several years by Dr. Eva Moya and Dr. Gregory Schober from the College of Health Sciences, revealed that over 60% of respondents have experienced food insecurity at some point during their college career. Moreover, 29% of UTEP students come from families making less than $20,000 a year. We see the devastating choices that those we serve are forced to make on a regular basis between feeding themselves and their families and covering the cost of education-related expenses, like books.

With your help, we can empower our students to persevere and carry on with their studies by making sure their basic needs are met. Through our program, the food pantry breaks barriers to food, including transportation, lower wages, stigma and more.

Please raise your pick for the UTEP Food Pantry. Every gift counts.

Student Affairs is also seeking support for the First-Generation Student Support and the Stronger Together Student Emergency Fund. Click the buttons below to learn more:



$1,000
Sunset Gardens Food Pantry Challenge
When we reach 50 gifts to the UTEP Food Pantry, Sunset Gardens will contribute $1,000 to help provide food and essential toiletries for UTEP Miners in need.
50 Gift Goal
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$1,000
787 Coffee Food Pantry Challenge
Every gift counts! When we reach 150 gifts to the UTEP Food Pantry, we'll unlock another $1,000 in challenge funds. Special thanks to 787 Coffee for sponsoring this giving challenge!
150 Gift Goal
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$2,000
Corralito Steak House Food Pantry Challenge
Rise to the challenge! Help us reach our goal of 220 gifts to the UTEP Food Pantry and Corralito Steak House will contribute $2,000 to the pantry!
220 Gift Goal
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$1,000
Cane's Chicken Food Pantry Challenge
Increase your impact! Help us reach 100 gifts to the UTEP Food Pantry and we'll win $1,000 in additional funding from Cane's Chicken!
100 Gift Goal
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$999
Josh Gorman '03 Food Pantry Challenge
UTEP alumnus, Josh Gorman '03, has issued a giving challenge! When we reach 185 gifts to the UTEP Food Pantry, we'll unlock $1,000 to support students experiencing food insecurity.
185 Gift Goal
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Rank State Gifts
1 NONE 0
1 AA 0
1 AE 0
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Or you can contact us at pickaproject@utep.edu.