![]() ![]() If you have any questions regarding donating items, please contact us at Volunteering with Wolverine Essentials Prior to donating, please review the Donation Needs list to view guidelines for donations and the most needed items. Items we accept include food, new or gently used clothing, kitchenware, and toiletries. Wolverine Essentials accepts donations year round and all donations go towards supporting the needs of UM-Flint students. All monetary donations can be made by clicking Donate Now! Donating Needed Items ![]() Donate – MonetaryĪny amount helps! You can help support Wolverine Essentials by making a monetary donation which will be used to purchase food, toiletries, and other necessary supplies for students. Listed below are the ways in which you can support. Looking to support Wolverine Essentials? Wolverine Essentials is funded and operates with the support of generous donors and volunteers. Today, in addition to food, Wolverine Essentials has grown to include a clothing closet, toiletries and hygiene items, assistance with state benefits, along with a host of other resources and services related to housing, transportation, and health & wellness. These students successfully secured grants from the Ann Arbor campus and the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan to begin the new food pantry, which opened in April 2019. More than 30 students worked on this project to create the Wolverine Food Den. This study indicated that 58 percent of the respondents stated they skipped or missed meals due to the availability of food sometimes, often, or all the time, while 38 percent reported lacking basic food needs. The Social Work department conducted a study on the Flint campus about student food insecurity. In 2015, students from the University of Michigan-Flint’s social work program wanted to assist in addressing food insecurities, which affect many college students. ![]() Wolverine Essentials, formerly the Wolverine Food Den, started as a “by students, for students” initiative to help students who faced food insecurities on campus. Wolverine Essentials is a one-stop location for currently enrolled UM-Flint students to access basic needs services and resources linking them to supplemental food, housing resources, gently used clothing, toiletries, and other basic needs resources. ![]()
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