HOURS & LOCATION
FALL 2025
Beginning the first week of classes.
Tuesdays: 11am-6pm
Thursday: 11am-4pm
If Husky Harvest hours do not work with your schedule, please see the additional resources section below.
LOCATION
Charter Oak Apartments Community Center
916 Tower Court Road, Storrs, CT 06268
Accessible via the UConn Blue Line - bus stop is across the street from the pantry
A few designated parking spots are available for the pantry.
Don't forget to bring your UConn ID. The pantry has a limited supply of bags. Please bring a reusable grocery bag with you. Thank you!
HOW YOU CAN ASSIST THE PANTRY
PANTRY IS IN NEED OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
Canned goods, tuna, peanut butter, soups, and canned vegetables. Home basics such as toilet paper, dish detergent, and clothes detergent. Toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, and toothpaste. All food needs to be nonperishable.
Why toiletries & home basics? Toiletries and home basics are frequently requested, and these items are typically unavailable from the food banks and local businesses that supply the pantry.
DONATION DROP-OFF LOCATIONS
Please do not drop off at the pantry. Donation items can only be accepted at the following locations.
- UConn Dining Commissary: 30 Gurleyville Rd, Storrs (M-F; 6am-4pm)
- Student Union Food Court (lower level): Look for the bright green drop-off box on a counter that looks out to the outdoor patio (Student Union hours)
- UConn Dining Main Office: Towers Residence Halls – Wade Building, 3384 Towers Loop Rd, Storrs
(M-F; 8am-5pm) - a donation box is available within our lobby area
If you need more assistance/info on these locations, please contact us via our online form.
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
- Reusable Grocery Bags - The pantry is always in need of reusable grocery bags. Please consider donating new or gently used (stain-free) bags.
- Monetary Donations
- Round Up - At the Union Street Market registers, round up your purchase, and the change will go towards the Storrs Food Insecurity Fund.
- Support the pantry by donating directly to the UConn Foundation Storrs Food Insecurity Fund.
- Run Your Own Donation Drive: Clubs, orgs, and offices on campus have run their own drive and donated to Husky Harvest. We ask that you only collect the needed supplies above. Please reach out to us via our online form if you have a large amount of donations that need to be picked up.
- Volunteers - Thank you for the consideration; however, the pantry is staffed.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE
- Get Help from CT Foodshare
- Find Food, Apply for SNAP, Help Beyond Food, Recipes & Nutrition
- workweeklunch.com/budget-meal-prep
- endhungerct.org (SNAP pre-screener)
- collegelifemadeeasy.com/cheap-healthy-meals-college-students
UConn Resources
- UConn Student Parents
- UConn Dean of Students Office
- UConn Swipes
The Swipe Out Hunger Program aims to provide students who are food insecure, and/or who are experiencing an emergency, access to healthy and well-balanced meals in our campus dining halls. Currently enrolled UConn students can contact the Dean of Students' Office to determine eligibility for this program. - Short-Term Emergency Loans
- Students First Fund
- UConn Swipes
Other Local Pantries
Storrs Congregational Church on campus has an Emergency Food Pantry. Their pantry is open Mondays from 12 – 2 p.m., and Thursdays from 2:30 – 5:00 pm. For questions, email: SCCfoodpantry@storrscongchurch.org | 2 North Eagleville Rd.
Contact Us/Stay Up to Date
Questions - please use our contact form at dining.uconn.edu/questions-and-comments
Volunteering - Thank you for the consideration; however, the pantry is staffed.
Information on all the UConn food pantries can be found at huskyharvest.uconn.edu
Husky Harvest (Storrs) Updates: Follow UConn Dining on Facebook, Instagram, X.