Food Centre: Programs & Services

The USSU Food Centre is closed for the summer and will be reopening August 16, 2010. For emergency food hampers please contact the USSU main office at 966-6960.

The CHEP Good Food Boxes will be unavailable until August 16th.

Emergency Food Hampers: Emergency Food Hampers are available to students in financial need.  You simply need a valid Saskatchewan health card and university student card.  Students may place an order once every 14 days.  The hampers are delivered every Wednesday and Friday afternoons and are available for pickup from the USSU Food Centre.  On average, six hampers are given out every month.

Food Hamper request forms are available at the USSU Main office,the Help Centre, the Women’s Centre, the Pride Centre and the Student Crisis Support Service office. They are also available to be downloaded here.

CHEP Good Food Box:
The Good Food Box provides top-quality, fresh, nutritious food at an affordable price.  Subscribers place their orders every second Monday. The following Wednesday, the orders are available for pick up at the USSU main office.

• Regular Fruit and Veggie - $17.00 (approx. 12 types of fruits and veggies)
• Small Fruit and Veggie - $12.00 (approx. 10 types of fruits and veggies)
• Mini GFB - $8.00 (approx. 7 types of fruits and veggies)
• Fruit Bag - $15.00 (approx. 7 types of fruits)
• Snack Pack - $10.00 (single serving of fruit and veggies)

Trick-or-Eat:
Trick-or-Eat is a campaign that takes place annually on Halloween to collect non-perishable food items and donations for the Saskatoon Food Bank.  In 2007, approximately 350 University and Kelsey students volunteered to Trick-or-Eat in Saskatoon neighbourhoods.  They raised 4.1 tonnes of food as well as $500 in cash donations.

Adopt a Family:
Every year the Food Centre adopts a family through the “Brent & Penney’s Adopt a Family for Christmas” campaign.  During the 2007 Christmas season our family consisted of a mother and six children.  Through contributions and donations from USSU staff, we raised approximately $500 of food and toys for a mother and 5 children.