Defining Food Insecurity
According to USDA, food insecurity is defined as “a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life."
Food insecurity for college students can have serious repercussions on their overall health and academic performance, both of which are important for retention and access to future opportunities. Students facing food insecurity are more likely to rate their health as fair, poor or very poor; rate more frequent depression symptoms; and experience more limits to opportunities to study and get involved.
Food Insecurity at U of I
A 2020 study from the National College Health Assessment showed that at U of I, 45% of Vandals report being food insecure at some point during their academic year. That’s nearly half of our student population who lack access to nutritious foods essential for each student to fulfill their Vandal potential.
Why Give to the Vandal Food Pantry
Our objective is to decrease the percentage of the student population that is facing food insecurity on the University of Idaho campus. Your gift will go to support meal kits that provide nutritious, shelf-safe food for 3-4 days for the average adult. Each meal kits is assembled according to the USDA My Plate Program to promote a balanced diet.
As a Vandal Family, we believe it is important to support each other and work together to make sure that no one falls through the cracks or is left behind. Whether it is through acceptance to the university or being hired on as staff or faculty, we all have this university binding us together as one group. Our camaraderie as Vandals means that, whether right here in Moscow, Idaho, or all the way across the world, we can say “Go Vandals” to a fellow Vandal and receive a spirited “Go Vandals!” right back. This is the power of the Vandal spirit. The Vandal Food Pantry is one way that we, as Vandals, continue to support each other. By giving to the Vandal Food Pantry, you are saying that you believe in the power of the Vandal Family and that there should be #novandalhungry.
Rank | Prize | Programs | Gifts |
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1 | $1,000 | Kristin Clovis Gamma Phi Beta Memorial Scholarship | 102 |
2 | $1,000 | McCall Field Campus Excellence Fund | 80 |
3 | $1,000 | Support the Campus (McCall Field Campus Infrastructure) | 50 |
4 | Vandal Promise Scholarships | 45 | |
5 | Vandal Marching Band Scholarships | 42 | |
6 | Library Dean's Excellence Fund | 39 | |
7 | Fraternity & Sorority Opportunity Fund | 35 | |
8 | CAMP: Si Se Puede Endowment | 35 | |
9 | Vandal Food Pantry | 33 | |
10 | LGBTQA | 27 | |
11 | Bruce & Kathy Pitman Fund for Student Emergencies | 22 | |
12 | Raven Scholars Program | 21 | |
13 | Alumni Excellence Fund | 20 | |
14 | Friends of the Women's Center | 19 | |
15 | Richard T. & Bonnie L. Jacobsen Scholars in Engineering Endowment | 18 | |
16 | Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) | 18 | |
17 | Vandal Marching Band Excellence Fund | 17 | |
18 | Alumni Homecoming Decorations | 17 | |
19 | Margaret Fosberg Alpha Gamma Delta Scholarship Endowment | 16 | |
20 | Native American Student Center (NASC) | 16 | |
21 | Delta Delta Delta Scholarship Endowment | 15 | |
22 | Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU) Arena | 15 | |
23 | Sigma Chi Seven Founders Scholarship Endowment | 14 | |
24 | CLASS Student Emergency Fund | 12 | |
25 | SAE True Gentlemen's Scholarship | 12 | |
26 | Center for Secure & Dependable Systems - CSDS | 11 | |
27 | Native American Law Program | 10 | |
28 | Cattle Drive Team Endowment for Agricultural Commodity Risk Management | 10 | |
29 | Campus Recreation Scholarships | 10 | |
30 | Operation Education at UI-Scholarships | 9 | |
31 | Delta Scholarship | 9 | |
32 | Kappa Kappa Gamma Scholarship | 8 | |
33 | McClure Center Undergraduate Student Programs | 7 | |
34 | SEND - Phi Gamma Delta | 7 | |
35 | Martin Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution | 7 | |
36 | Theta Chi Scholarship | 7 | |
37 | Eric McMillan Diversity Scholarship | 7 | |
38 | Paul Joyce Memorial BCB Fellowship | 6 | |
39 | A.J.G. Priest - Beta Theta Pi Scholarship Endowment | 6 | |
40 | College of Science Undergraduate Research Fund | 6 | |
41 | College of Law Faculty Fund for Diversity & Inclusion | 6 | |
42 | College of Law Legal Aid Clinic | 5 | |
43 | Kappa Delta Scholarship | 5 | |
44 | Alpha Phi Excellence Scholarship Endowment | 5 | |
45 | Barker Capital Management and Trading Program | 5 | |
46 | William J. McLaughlin & Nick Sanyal Conservation Without Borders Endowment | 4 | |
47 | Prichard Art Gallery Gifts | 4 | |
48 | Operation Education and Veterans Excellence Fund | 4 | |
49 | Student Emergency Fund - College of Engineering | 4 | |
50 | Delta Gamma Memorial Scholarship Endowment | 4 | |
51 | College of Law Student Emergency Fund | 3 | |
52 | Pi Beta Phi Scholarship Endowment | 3 | |
53 | Katy Benoit Safety Fund | 3 | |
54 | Alpha Gamma Rho Scholarship | 3 | |
55 | WWAMI Dean's Excellence Fund | 2 | |
56 | Tod Neuenschwander Communications Scholar | 2 | |
57 | Engineering Lab & Technology Updates | 2 | |
58 | WWAMI North Idaho AHEC | 2 | |
59 | Military and Veteran Student Services | 2 | |
60 | Sigma Nu Scholarship Fund | 2 | |
61 | Immigration Law Clinic | 2 | |
62 | JAMM Lab Renovation Fund | 2 | |
63 | Lynn Evans Little Scholarship Endowment | 2 | |
64 | Carol H. Foster Scholarship | 2 | |
65 | F.J. 'Packey' Boyle TKE Scholarship | 2 | |
66 | CBE - Idaho Entrepreneurs | 1 | |
67 | Strategic Initiatives Endowment for the College of Engineering | 1 | |
68 | SEND - Kappa Sigma Scholarship | 1 | |
69 | Student Clubs & Organizations - College of Engineering | 1 | |
70 | Alpha Kappa Lambda/Gary Renfrow Memorial Schol. Endowment | 1 | |
71 | Todd Pierce Delta Tau Delta Scholarship Endowment | 1 | |
72 | Center for ETHICS Unrestricted Fund | 1 | |
73 | Operation Education Endowment | 1 | |
74 | Housing Law Clinic | 1 | |
75 | LHSOM Technology & Infrastructure | 1 | |
76 | Delta Sigma Phi - T.J. Pritchard Scholarship Endowment | 1 | |
77 | Gamma Alpha Omega Scholarship | 1 | |
78 | College of Art and Architecture Design Build | 1 | |
79 | Harold T. Nelson - Lambda Chi Alpha Scholarship | 1 | |
80 | Albertson Student Learning Center Fund | 1 | |
81 | Sigma Lambda Gamma Scholarship | 1 | |
82 | Kappa Delta Chi Scholarship | 0 | |
83 | Lambda Theta Alpha Scholarship | 0 | |
84 | Lambda Theta Phi Scholarship | 0 | |
85 | Omega Delta Phi Scholarship | 0 | |
86 | Phi Kappa Tau Scholarship | 0 | |
87 | Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship Endowment | 0 | |
88 | Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship | 0 | |
89 | Sigma Lambda Beta Scholarship | 0 | |
90 | 1st Lt. Donald Frank Ware Memorial Scholarship Endowment | 0 | |
91 | WWAMI Building and Capital Fund | 0 | |
92 | General James F. and Bonnie Amos Leadership Endowment | 0 | |
93 | Colonel Everett P. “Red” and Ginger Trader Leadership Endowment | 0 | |
94 | WWAMI Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP) | 0 | |
95 | Jeanette A. Hackney STEM and Operation Education Endowment | 0 | |
96 | VIEW Entrepreneurship Program Gap Fund | 0 | |
97 | Summer Design Days | 0 |
Rank | Prize | Program | Gifts |
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1 | $1,250 | Fraternity & Sorority Life | 19 |
2 | $500 | Equity & Diversity | 9 |
3 | $250 | Athletics | 6 |
4 | Vandal Marching Band | 6 | |
5 | UI Extension 4-H Youth Development | 4 | |
6 | McCall Field Campus | 3 | |
7 | Library | 3 | |
8 | WWAMI Medical Education | 1 | |
9 | McClure Center | 1 | |
10 | Raven Scholars | 1 | |
11 | Vandal Promise Scholarships | 1 | |
12 | Alumni Programming | 0 | |
13 | Dean of Students | 0 | |
14 | Dig'nIT at U of I Coeur d'Alene | 0 | |
15 | ICCU Arena | 0 | |
16 | Operation Education | 0 | |
17 | Recreation and Wellbeing | 0 | |
18 | Vandal Food Pantry | 0 |
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