Donations & Volunteers

Make a cash donation click here 

Drop off your donation at PRCC Room 226 during pantry hours or call (973) 353-0256 for a convenient drop-off time. 

Ship Food:  Send food using Amazon (Amazon Wishlist), Target, Walmart or other vendors to: pantryRUN c/o Hend Elburi, Rutgers University-Newark, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Room 226, Newark, NJ 07102 

Download a list of our most needed items, or refer to the list below.

Our current most needed items are: Non-sugary cereal, canned chicken, canned fruit packed in fruit juice, shelf-stable milk (almond, soy, lactose free, oat, and shelf-stable 1% or 2%).  If you need more information or need help, contact us.  

Members of the Rutgers community can learn more about volunteering and sign up to volunteer here. If you're interested in volunteering with a club or group, send an email to pantry_run@newark.rutgers.edu. 

Your club, class, or group can organize a food drive to support pantryRUN! 

Click here to download our Food Drive Toolkit, which gives you everything you need to organize a successful food drive. Let us know when your drive is so we can support you and share your social media posts! Email us at pantry_run@newark.rutgers.edu to let us know about your drive!

Our current most needed items are: Non-sugary cereal, canned chicken, canned fruit packed in fruit juice, shelf-stable milk (almond, soy, lactose-free, oat, and shelf-stable 1% or 2%).  If you need more information or need help, contact us. Please not that we are unable to accept donations of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.