Mobile Food Pantries

A variety of designed fruits and veggies

 

The Basic Needs Center’s mobile food pantries are free and open to CU Boulder students, faculty and staff, as well as community members of Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Attendees may receive up to 30 pounds of food in multiple boxes.

Mobile food pantry attendees are now required to register prior to each event. See instructions below.

Spring 2025 Dates

Instructions for attendees

 

 

If you need registration assistance, our staff will be onsite to help starting at 1:30 p.m. prior to each mobile food pantry, at the event location.

Registration is required.

  1. To sign up for a mobile food pantry:
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  4. CU Boulder affiliates (students, staff, faculty): Select “Log in via Colorado” to sign in using your IdentiKey and password.
    Non-CU affiliates (community members): Select “Click for more options” to sign in with an existing account, or “Sign Up” to create a new account.
  5. Complete the membership form. You must complete this form in order to register for a mobile food pantry.
  6. Once the form is complete, click “Events” to see the list of upcoming dates. Register for each event you would like to attend.

Attendees will receive multiple boxes of food, including dairy, meat and fresh produce. Attendees will need to be able to carry 30 pounds of food in multiple boxes. Please bring several reusable bags or a way to carry items easily. If you are not feeling well or have any symptoms of illness, please stay home and send someone else to pick up food for you. Food will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last.

Parking

  • Parking at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church: If driving, limited parking will be available in the church parking lot.
  • Parking at the UMC: Parking is available in the  at 18th and Euclid. Accessible parking can be found at blue metered parking spaces directly next to the UMC. If available, parking is free on The Hill, the neighborhood located across Broadway from the UMC.
  • Note: Drive-through is not available for mobile food pantries at the UMC or Saint Aidan’s Episcopal Church.

Volunteer at our mobile food pantry events

at the mobile food pantry.

Questions?

Reach out to us via email at basicneeds@colorado.edu.