Engaging CAS faculty, staff, and students to make an impact through volunteerism and support of people in need within our community.
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November 9-13
We encourage faculty, staff, and students to join us for our 7th annual event!
More information and links available soon for item collection, financial donations, and volunteering.
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Donate Items
Top items:
- Canned meats
- Hygiene items
- Laundry detergent
Another option is to purchase items from Husker Pantry's Amazon wish list. Everything ships directly.
Financial Donation
Volunteer
Join us for a special project at the Hunger Solution Center:
November 13
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
1221 Kingbird Road, Lincoln NE
Carpooling from city campus will be available.
Financial Donation
Click on the button below to fill out the form, noting “CAS Day of Service” in the Additional Information or Comment Box.
Item Drop-Off Locations
- Andrews Hall / 1
Second floor, room 202 by main office - Avery Hall / 2
Second floor by Dept. of Mathematics office - Burnett Hall / 3
Second floor by Dept. of Psychology office - Hamilton Hall / 4
Fourth floor near the BPAC office - Louise Pound Hall / 5
Third floor by LPH main office - Manter Hall / 6
First floor, northeast doors - Oldfather Hall / 7
First floor in the elevator lobby
Volunteering hours elsewhere?
During this week, if you are passionate about and able to serve the community in other capacities, let us know about it!
There are so many other opportunities out there—and we would like to include them and the hours you serve. Please use the form below to be included in this year's reporting of the event.
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Previous Years
2025
2025
The college again partnered with Husker Pantry and the Food Bank of Lincoln Nov. 3-7. On Nov. 4, a group of staff and faculty assisted at the food center with other groups, assembling 1,840 bags of plums for communities in Nebraska! Additionally, 144 items were donated to the Husker Pantry bins set up in CAS buildings—thanks to those who supported this cause!
2024
2024
The college partnered with Husker Pantry and the Food Bank of Lincoln to combat food insecurity for our fifth annual Day of Service Nov. 11-15. A group of volunteers assisted with food distribution at the Food Bank on Nov. 14 by assembling 454 boxes of food, and items were collected for Husker Pantry.
2023
The college partnered with Husker Pantry and the Lincoln Food Bank to combat food insecurity for our fourth annual Day of Service Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. A group of volunteers assisted with food distribution at the Food Bank on Nov. 3 by assembling 280 bags of food. 339 items were collected for Husker Pantry.
2022
2022
The college again partnered with Husker Pantry and the Lincoln Food Bank for our third Day of Service!
- 14 hours of volunteering at the Lincoln Distribution Center on November 17
- 1,500 portions of ground beef processsed, which went towards serving 1,672 families
- 8 hours volunteered at: Lincoln Literacy, Rotary Club 14 "Little Free Food Pantries", Douglas County Courthouse, LPS Backpack Program
- 100 items collected for Husker Pantry
2021
2021
We again partnered with Husker Pantry and Lincoln Food Bank to serve the community.
- Over 100 items collected for Husker Pantry
- 30 hours of volunteering at Lincoln Food Bank
- 14 hours of volunteering at Southern Heights Food Forest, Nebraska Community Blood Bank, East Campus Husker Pantry, Teammates at Scott Middle School, Lincoln Public Schools (LPS), Prescott Elementary, LPS, Bridges to Hope, America Red Cross, Blood Donation
- About 2,000 lbs. of food processed at Lincoln Food Bank
2020
2020
Due to COVID, our inaugural "day" in 2020 was a nearly month-long, targeted effort to combat food insecurity—and it was a success!
- 259 items collected for Husker Pantry
- 32.5 hours of volunteering time at Food Bank of Lincoln
- $5,083 in monetary donations
Here's the Daily Nebraskan coverage.
