Fuel for Success Food Campaign
It's our mission to ensure that no student goes hungry. Our mobile markets, campus food pantries, and other food initiatives and programs are here to help, and there are additional community resources to assist students in need.
We urge any student who has difficulty accessing sufficient food to eat every day, or who lacks a safe and stable place to live, to contact the Student Wellness Center.
Mobile Markets provide fresh fruits, vegetables, and other foods to MC students, faculty/staff, and the community at no cost to participants.
The Mobile Market provides fresh fruits, vegetables, and other foods to MC students, faculty/staff, and the community. The food is distributed on campus at no cost. All you need to do is check the schedule for the campus convenient to you, bring your bags to carry your groceries, and pick up some food.
No proof of eligibility is required. Food is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Mobile Market is a partnership between Montgomery College and the Capital Area Food Bank. If you're interested in volunteering with the Mobile Market, please fill out the volunteer formnew window. Questions or need information - contact Angela Dawson.
Mobile Market Dates
Mobile Markets take place on the following Wednesdays:
Location: Outside the Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard Student Affairs and Science Building (SA)/Bus Circle (Inclement weather: BE Circle)
Time: 10 a.m.–noon
November 6
December 4
January 29
February 26
March 26
April 23
June 4
July 2
Location: Outside North Garage (NG)
Time: 10 a.m.–noon
November 13
December 11
February 5
March 5
April 2
April 30
June 11
July 9
August 6
Location: Charlene R. Nunley Student Services Center Atrium (ST)
Time: 2–4 p.m.
November 20
December 18
February 12
March 12
April 9
May 7
June 25
July 23
August 13
Campus Food Pantries are now open. See the dates and times by opening the accordion.
Each of the three main campuses has a pantry stocked with snacks, food, personal hygiene products, and household items. As an MC student, you are welcome to pick up a snack to carry you through your next class and to take a few items home.
Location: Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard Student Affairs and Science Building, SA149
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Long Nguyen and Kimmy Duong Student Services Center, SV316
Summer Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Resource Center (Library), RC105
Hours:
- Monday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Tuesday: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Wednesday: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Thursday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Fridays: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Pavilion 4 (P4), Institute for Race, Justice, and Civic Engagement
Hours: Go to Charlene R. Nunley Student Services Center, ST306, between 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The food pantries are continually in need of snack foods as well as nonperishable items that can be taken home. Suggestions are listed below for anyone who would like to donate items.
Canned and Jarred Goods
- Beans, vegetables, fruits, soups, spaghetti sauce, meats, tuna fish, salmon, Vienna
sausages, apple sauce, fruit cocktail
- Cooking oil, shortening sticks
- Condiments, such as ketchup, mustard, spices
- Peanut butter, jams, jellies
Dried Goods
- Rice, beans, peas, soup mixes, spaghetti, pasta, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs
- Instant scalloped and mashed potatoes
- Flour, sugar, cake mix, muffin mix, pancakes mix, dried milk, boxes of cereal
Baby Goods
- Baby formula and baby food
- Bottled and canned beverages
Paper Goods
- Plates, cups, napkins
- Paper towels, tissues
- Toilet paper
Personal Hygiene Products
- Toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss
- Shampoo (hotel samples are perfect)
- Sanitary products
- Soaps, deodorants
Microwaveable, Ready to Eat Food:
- Individually packaged dinners, meat or vegetarian individual meal servings
- Macaroni and cheese mixes, soups, oatmeal packets
- Breads, rolls, bagels (not more than a day old), potatoes
Snacks
- Dried fruits, raisins, nuts in small packages
- Fruit snacks, Pop Tarts, fruit cups, pudding
- Crackers (small packets of cheese or peanut butter), granola bars, pretzels
- Bags of assorted chips, pretzels, cheese balls, popcorn, etc.
Fresh Fruits
- Apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, pears, peaches, plums
Beverages
- Instant coffee, teabags, sugar, creamer, individual packets of hot chocolate
- Juice boxes
- Bottled water, canned beverages, juices
Cleaning Products
- Laundry detergent, dish soap, cleansers
- Paper and plastic shopping bags
Can Openers
Grocery and hygiene assistance for MC students.
The Montgomery College Food Locker Program offers grocery and hygiene assistance to MC students. Whether you are experiencing food insecurity or using the Food Locker to save money for something else, we’re here as a resource for all students.
All students, credit and non-credit, who are registered for the current semester are able to participate. No financial information is required to determine eligibility.
You will need to complete an information/waiver form. This form requires your MC ID number and some basic demographic information. No financial information is asked. However, an acknowledgement is required for the waiver.
Once you have been determined eligible, you will receive a Food Locker ID number and a window of time to pick up your items.
Food items vary week to week but primarily consist of soup, cereal, pasta and many other nonperishables. There is quite a variety of food represented in limited quantities, such as organic and ethnic foods.
Hygiene products are also available on a limited basis.
Feel free to drop off items to the Student Wellness Center in SV 316 on the Rockville Campus to support the Food Locker. Thank you for your generosity.
You can also order directly from our Amazon Wish Listnew window and have needed items sent to the Pantry and Food Locker.
To sign up for Food Locker, please register herenew window.
Registration is Limited
If you have any questions about the Raptor Essentials Pantry or Food Locker, please
contact the Student Wellness Center at studentwellnesscenter@montgomerycollege.edu or 240-567-2369.
See the Montgomery County Food Assistance Resource Directory (PDF, 
) for a complete listing of community resources for food.
SHARE Food Network Programnew window (Associated with Catholic Charities and the Knights of Malta)
301-864-3115. For $19 and two volunteer hours, participants can receive a food package
valued at $50.
3222 Hubbard Road, Landover, MD 20785.
MANNA Foodnew window
301-424-1130
Offers choice pantries and mobile pantries across Montgomery County.
9311 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
First Baptist Church of Silver Springnew window
301-585-5454
Food provided to families of Montgomery County twice per month.
8915 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Celestial Mannanew window
240-350-1456 or 301-915-7538
Contact@CelestialManna.org
Offers free food to Montgomery County residents.
Contact: Charlie Mann, Monday through Friday 12:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Montgomery College Student Wellness Center. Please visit Montgomery College Foundation for the various ways to give. Or you could have items donated directly to our efforts by purchasing them from our Amazon Wish Listnew window.