Fall Semester
Hi ETSU Community,
Greetings and salutations!!
Welcome to the fall semester!!
Bucky's Food Pantry cordially welcomes back to campus all students and staff for the fall semester 2024 and wishes our students much success in your academic pursuits. There are an abundance of exciting things happening across campus such as Brown Hall and Burleson Hall are under renovation and the new general education and humanities building is under construction.
Some new developments with Bucky's Food Pantry... The Buc Ridge pantry site now has limited street clothes students can look at; the fall coat drive will kick off on 3 September and we will start the coat giveaway on 30 September. The Culp pantry site has extended hours for students and staff.
If you are in need of food items, you can fill out an application online for pickup at the following locations:
Bucky's Food Pantry has three locations from which the ETSU Community can pick up
their food boxes. The first location is in the Buc Ridge Housing area situated next
to the Central Receiving warehouse at 325 Treasure Lane. The second location is at
the D.P. Culp Student Center, on Seehorn Drive near the Passport Office. The third
is the ETSU Campus at Kingsport.
The pantry will be tweaking the dates/hours of the fall semester over the next couple of weeks so please check back to the site often. The staff would like to welcome all of our volunteers, interns, and student workers who will make the coming semester a success.
~Bucky's Food Pantry Staff~
****All pantry locations, as well as the university, will be closed 2 September 2024 for Labor Day; 14 - 15 October 2024 for Fall Break; 11 November 2024 for Veterans Day; and 27 - 29 November 2024 for Thanksgiving; 23 December 2024 - 3 January 2025 for Winter Break. ****
Bucky's Food Pantry - Buc Ridge site hours for the 16 - 20 December:
Monday: 9 am - 3 pm
Tuesday: By appointment
Wednesday: By appointment
Thursday: By appointment
Friday: By appointment
For food box pickups or donations please call Chuck Patton at 439-5243 or email pattonc@etsu.edu for help.
Bucky's Food Pantry - D. P. Culp Center site hours for 16 - 20 December:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 4 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 4 pm
Friday: Closed
For food box pickups at this location please email Amy Deel at buckysspecialist@etsu.edufor help.
Bucky's Food Pantry - Kingsport Campus in Allandale
We are excited to announce the opening of Bucky's Food Pantry at the Kingsport campus located in Allandale has a distribution point for the ETSU Community that work, attend school or live in the greater Kingsport area. When processing an applicaton, please write in the resources block on the application "Request P/U in Kingsport". The staff at the Kingsport Campus will pickup orders from Bucky's Food Pantry - Buc Ridge (main campus) and transport food boxes to the Kingsport campus every Friday morning, except during holidays or school closing. Point of contact at the Kingsport campus is the Main Office at (423) 392-8000.
Additional Information:
Chuck Patton is available at the Buc Ridge site and Amy Deel is available at the D.P.
Culp Student Center site to discuss additional resources and support both on campus
and in the community. This service is optional and not required for using the pantry.
Please remember to bring your ETSU ID card when picking up food.
For additional information, please contact Bucky's Food Pantry - Buc Ridge at 423-439-2825 or Chuck Patton at 423-439-5243 or by email at foodpantry@etsu.eduor at buckysspecialist@etsu.edu
Please leave a detailed message if you receive voicemail at any of the numbers with your contact information and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
LOCATIONS:
Bucky's Food Pantry - Buc Ridge is located at the Central Receiving warehouse in the Buc Ridge Apartment complex, at 325 Treasure Lane. This location is the primary food donation intake and processing site. Boxes are packed at this location and can be picked up here. This location is near the Bucshot bus stop on the gold route. This location also houses winter coats and accessories for those who are in need and a drop off point for donated dress clothes for final destination to Bucky's Closet located in the D. P. Culp Center with Career Services.
Bucky's Food Pantry - D. P. Culp Center can be an alternate pick up location for you, for convenience, and will also have emergency small boxes and "free food" for quick pick up. We often get perishable items from area stores and will distribute those from the D.P. Culp site.
Buc Ridge location info:
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Bucky's Food Pantry is on Facebook - here's the link