Hoya Hub Food Pantry
What is the Hoya Hub food pantry?
The Hoya Hub is a food pantry and resource for any member of the Georgetown University community experiencing food insecurity. It is a pantry stocked with non-perishable food items, available to anyone who needs food on an immediate, emergency basis. No Hoya should go hungry; the Hoya Hub is a place to pick up nutritious food to cover short breaks or other unplanned gaps in access to meals.
Where is the Hoya Hub located?
The Hoya Hub is located on the 4th floor of the Leavey Center, in room 418 (to the left when exiting the elevators). The food pantry door has signage on the front and has a punch code lock.
Who can access the Hoya Hub?
Any Georgetown University community member (undergraduate or graduate student, staff or faculty member) can access the food pantry as needed, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The door to the food pantry is accessible by tapping your GOCard. An optional survey used to enhance the Hoya Hub program or other resources to address food insecurity at Georgetown, unless stated otherwise, can be found here.
Who maintains the Hoya Hub?
The Hoya Hub is overseen by professional staff in the Division of Student Affairs and students from the Georgetown University Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service (CSJ) operations team. The operations team students organize, stock, and maintain the Hoya Hub on a regular basis. For more information, please email hoyahub@georgetown.edu or csjadmin@georgetown.edu.
How do I access the Food Pantry?
The door to the food pantry is accessible by tapping your GOCard. An optional survey used to enhance the Hoya Hub program or other resources to address food insecurity at Georgetown, unless stated otherwise, can be found here.
What does the Hoya Hub food pantry provide?
The Hoya Hub provides a variety of common, nutritious, non-perishable food and personal hygiene products. Categories of food include snacks such as granola bars and popcorn, staple items such as pasta and pasta sauce, and amenities such as toothbrushes and toothpaste.
The Hoya Hub partners with the Georgetown Harvest Garden to provide fresh vegetables depending on the weekly harvest.
If you have questions or suggestions for the HoyaHub inventory, please send an email to hoyahub@georgetown.edu.
I would like to support the Hoya Hub. How can I help?
The best way to support the Food Pantry is with financial donations that can be used to purchase groceries to stock the pantry. Make a gift to the Hoya Hub.
If you would like to help manage the Hoya Hub as a service to the Georgetown University community, please contact hoyahub@georgetown.edu or csjadmin@georgetown.edu. CSJ recruits and hires students to the CSJ operations team at the beginning of each semester.
List of items most needed by the Hoya Hub
Snack Items
- Pop-Tarts – Any variety
- Granola Bars – Any variety
- Rice Krispies – Any variety
- Chips – Any variety
- Popcorn – Any variety
- Crackers – Any variety
Staple Items
- Ramen – Any variety, prefer cup
- Oatmeal – Any variety boxed or bagged
- Pasta – Any variety boxed or bagged
- Pasta Sauce – Any variety
- Canned Beans – Any variety, ring pull lids
- Canned Vegetables – Any variety, ring pull lids
- Canned Fruit – Any variety, ring pull lids
- Tuna – Any variety, ring pull lids
- Rice – Any variety, ring pull lids
- Tortillas – Any variety
- Spreads – Any variety (Nut butters, jams, etc)
- Soup – Any variety – ring pull lids
- Refried Beans – Ring pull lids
Drink Items
- Water – Any variety
- Juices – Any variety
- Instant Coffee – Any variety
Amenity Items
- Toothbrushes – Any variety, prefer travel size
- Toothpaste – Any variety, prefer travel size
- Deodorant – Any variety, prefer travel size
- Razors – Any variety, prefer travel size
- Shampoo – Any variety, prefer travel size
- Body Wash – Any variety, prefer travel size
Questions? Contact hoyahub@georgetown.edu
Need a confidential resource? Contact studentaffairs@georgetown.edu