Fall 2025 Hours
Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Maria’s Place provides the Central community with donated, non-perishable items to ensure that Central students, faculty, and staff can acquire the necessary items to fulfill basic needs. Access to food and necessary supplies is a human right and everyone ought to be treated with respect and dignity. Thanks to the ongoing support of our generous Central community members and the University's Circle of Care Team, Maria's Place can continue to serve the Central community.
This is a free service for all current Central students, faculty, and staff who are in need of food and other necessary items. Those using the pantry may take ten items per visit. During the first visit, the individual’s Central BlueChip ID Card must be shown. All visits to the pantry are confidential and volunteers maintain the privacy of visitors.
We welcome you to utilize the Central Campus Pantry!
Sodexo, Central’s food service provider, has partnered with the national program “Swipe Out Hunger” https://swipehunger.org/ . Through this partnership, we are able to provide eligible students with “swipes” for free meals in the Dining Hall. As many as 60% of college students in Connecticut experience food insecurity.
Students should contact Courtney McDavid mcdavidc@ccsu.edu for more information.