Food Support Service

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Food hampers are currently available Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm at the Turnkey Desk in the Student Life Centre. If you have any questions please email us at foodsupport@wusa.ca.

Strapped for cash and need some food? Don't go hungry! Run entirely by dedicated student volunteers, this valuable service is confidential.

Where to find us?

Please note: Food hampers are currently only available Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm at the Turnkey Desk in the Student Life Centre. If you have any questions please email us at foodsupport@wusa.ca.

Student Support Service now offers pre-packaged hampers (choice of either meat or veggie) which will be available at the following locations:

SLC Turnkey: Located in the Student Life Centre (Open 24/7)
DC Turnkey: Located in the Davis Centre Library (Open 8 am - 12 am)
WUSA Peer Support Centre: SLC 3102
School of Architecture: Arc 3001
School of Pharmacy: Lounge
Stratford Campus: Stairwell C Room 1804

Custom Hampers

Our custom hampers are temporarily unavailable. Please monitor our Facebook and Instagram pages or check back later for more updates.

The WUSA Food Support Service provides custom hampers to those with food allergies and/or special dietary needs. If you do not require a custom hamper, our regular meat/vegetarian hampers are available for pick up at any of our locations.

Custom Hamper Request Form

Who is eligible?

All University of Waterloo undergraduate students and affiliates who possess an active Watcard are able to use our services

Our Goals

To provide an accessible way for students in need to access food and hygiene products
To raise awareness of hunger and food insecurity issues
To run unique events in order to raise food for our service and local community

Donate to us

resuable grocery bag filled with canned goods We have donation bins around campus if you would like to donate any unopened and unexpired non-perishable items or personal hygiene products.