Food Pantry

Food, Household, Hygiene & Other Products

Fin’s Essentials is located in the Hazel Center, Room 301. It is open Monday through Thursday, and Friday by appointment. There are also food lockers available on the second floor of Shockley Hall and the third floor of the Hazel Center. Please contact Leikia H. Briddell if you need assistance.

Through a partnership with the Maryland Food Bank, Panera Bread, generous community supporters and Wor-Wic’ s students and employees, each visitor to Fin’s Essentials is provided with enough food to last three days. Every Tuesday afternoon, bread and pastries are distributed through our collaboration with Panera Bread’s Dough-Nation Day.

Fin’s Essentials provides food items such as cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix, peanut butter, fruit, vegetables, pasta, soups, juice, dairy and proteins, as well as hygiene items for infants and adults.

Students and employees are eligible to access Fin’s Essentials twice each month, as well as participate in the various food distributions throughout the year. If there is an emergency food need, please call 410-334-2800 or go to student services in Room 109 of Brunkhorst Hall. To restock the food pantry, food drives are held, with assistance from 15 clubs and organizations on campus. The food drives also bring awareness to the food insecurity on campus and offer the opportunity for service-learning experiences. The pantry is operated by student and employee volunteers.