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馃悐 HGTC Pantry: Mission, Vision & Guidelines
Mission
The HGTC Pantry provides non-perishable food and personal care items to meet the needs of anyone affiliated with HGTC, free and confidentially. The HGTC Pantry also provides links and information on additional resources provided within our HGTC community and surrounding community to ensure access to healthy food and personal care, community education and advocacy that leads to self-sufficiency and a brighter tomorrow.
Vision
To end food insecurity among members of the HGTC community and ensure access to necessary educational support and resources to meet basic needs and overall well-being.
Using the Pantry
Visitors are welcome to shop during open hours at the HGTC Pantry. An HGTC ID is required at each visit, and eligibility will be confirmed to ensure you are a current student, faculty, or staff member. Here's how to access services at each campus:
- Conway Campus: Quick-fix items for breakfast, lunch, or snacks are available for walk-in visits. For questions or if no one is present during normal operating hours, please call 843-349-3646.
- Grand Strand Campus: Quick-fix items for breakfast, lunch, or snacks are available for walk-in visits. For questions or if no one is present during normal operating hours, please call 843-477-2189.
- Georgetown Campus: Please email your confidential request using your HGTC email to hgtc-pantry@hgtc.edu. Include your name and H-number. Pantry staff will respond within 24 hours or by the next business day to arrange pick-up during available times (Monday鈥揊riday).
Pantry Guidelines
Here at the HGTC Pantry, we鈥檙e committed to serving as many students, faculty, and staff members as possible. To ensure fair and equal access to food and resources, please follow these daily and weekly limits:
Daily Gator Grab
- Limit: 2 grab-n-go items per visit
- Frequency: 1 visit per day, up to 5 times per week
- Includes: Snacks, breakfast items, microwaveable snacks
Weekly Gator Goods
- Limit: 10 goodies per visit
- Frequency: 1 visit per week, up to 5 times per month
- Includes: Non-perishable foods, personal hygiene products, household items
Thank You!
By being mindful of the needs of others, we鈥檙e able to promote wellness and foster a community that combats food insecurity鈥攐ne visit at a time.
Pantry Donation List
Due to limited space and current items in need at each campus, please contact one of the HGTC Pantry locations before donating; however, we appreciate ANYTHING on the list you are willing to donate.
* All items and packages must be within the expiration date, labeled, and sealed., no glass items, please.
Non-Perishable Items
- 100% fruit juice
- Peanut butter, jelly
- Pudding cups, fruit cups
- Low sodium soups & stews
- Dried fruit
- Low sugar cereal
- Oatmeal, grits in single serve packets
- Bottled water
- Canned meats, tuna, salmon, chicken
- Crackers
- Granola bars
- Nuts
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Cooking oils
- Microwaveable Ramen noodles, mac & cheese, beef-a-roni
- Single-serving meals
- Pasta
- Rice
- Shelf-stable milk
- Baby food jarred
- Canned fruits & low sodium vegetables
Personal Hygiene Items: Adult and Children
- Tampons & pads
- Toothbrush
- Floss
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo & conditioner
- Body wash
- Bar soap
- Deodorant
- Toilet paper (Individually wrapped)
- Diapers/wipes
- Disposable razors
- Hand-held can openers
* Regular or travel size items are welcome.
Bulk Donations
If a group or business would like to provide a bulk in-kind donation or conduct a fundraiser/food drive for the HGTC Pantry, please email hgtc-pantry@hgtc.edu for current needs and ways to do so.
Monetary Donations
You can provide a monetary donation through the HGTC Foundation. Scroll down to Foundation Funds and click on the HGTC Pantry donate button.
Donation Items Not Accepted
The following items cannot be accepted as donations:
- Expired items
- Opened items
- Glass items
- Dented or rusted cans
- Bulk food
- Baby formula
- Sugar-sweetened drinks
- Homemade foods
- Bread of any kind
- Perishable or refrigerated items: i.e. fresh fruits or vegetables, meat, fish, milk, butter
What do volunteers do at the pantry?
Volunteers can be involved in a variety of tasks to assist pantry operations including:
- Volunteer to staff the Pantry on days a location is not serviced by Federal Work Study students.
- Stocking and Inventory: track and shelve items where they belong in the pantry; sort through food items, evaluate, and discard expired food; disinfect and wipe down surfaces that are exposed to food.
- Fundraising and Food Drive: assist Fundraising Coordinator with on and off campus food drives, help collect donations; assist with sending thank you letters to donors.
Where would I volunteer?
We have pantry locations on all three HGTC campuses (Conway, Georgetown and Grand Strand). You can choose which pantry location you would like to help based on your schedule and present work location.
Are volunteers required to volunteer for a certain amount of time or on a set schedule?
Ideally, we would like to have people volunteer regularly but we are also sensitive to people鈥檚 busy work and personal schedules. We can accommodate (and are appreciative) of any time you can give us 鈥� once a week, every other week or even once a month.
Do volunteers receive training?
Yes, once you let us know which campus pantry you would like to assist with, we will then connect you to that campus鈥� Pantry Coordinator who will provide an overview and training specific to that pantry location. Once you have completed the orientation you will have a better sense of what specific pantry tasks you would like to assist with.
What is the first step in volunteering?
The first step in getting involved is to email the HGTC Pantry and include your name and H number. You will then be required to complete either the HGTC Employee or Student Volunteer Application form. Once completed you will be contacted by one of our Pantry Coordinators to further discuss how we can best support your interest in being involved.
Conway Campus Pantry Location
Hours vary by semester, and current hours can be found by contacting the pantry directly.
843-349-3646
Grand Strand Campus Pantry Location
Hours vary by semester, and current hours can be found by contacting the pantry directly.
843-477-2189
Georgetown Campus Pantry Location
Please send email to HGTC-Pantry@hgtc.edu noting request for pick-up at the Georgetown campus; include your name and H-number.