Hopkins Food Pantry
The Hopkins Food Pantry was founded to help address food insecurity for all Hopkins affiliates. The Food Pantry works in partnership with the Maryland Food Bank to ensure JHU affiliates have the opportunity to succeed.
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Pantry Location and Hours
The Hopkins Food Pantry is located on Homewood campus inside The LaB at 3003 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218. The pantry is open on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. New items are available on the second and fourth Mondays of the month.
Shopper Access
Any Hopkins affiliate interested in accessing the food pantry pre-register with PantrySoft. Once affiliates have shopped at the pantry, they must check-out with a pantry staff member at the Check-Out Station. Shoppers are requires to respect item and shopper limits, community guidelines, and check-out procedures.
Shopper privacy is respected during shopping and check-out process. Pantry staff are present during open hours to check shoppers out and answer questions.
Shopper FAQs
Any Hopkins affiliate (current students, staff, or faculty) with an active JHED. Tip: If you have an active working Jcard or JHU badge, you are likely eligible to use the Pantry!
Pantry shoppers are asked to register once per academic year on our PantrySoft site and do not need to re-register after first visit. Please type in your JHED in the “username” sections.
Student registration: Click on the orange “Log in at Johns Hopkins” button and follow the SSO process. Make sure to fill out all required fields and input your JHED as your username.
First-time staff or faculty registration: Click the orange “Sign Up” button, and make sure to fill out all required fields and input your JHED as your username.
The Hopkins Food Pantry is currently open Mondays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Register with PantrySoft, then see a pantry staff member during open hours to be left into the pantry. There is a limit of four shoppers at a time in the pantry. If there are already four shoppers in the pantry, new shoppers must wait in the LaB or get a ticket from a staff member to wait in line
The Hopkins Food Pantry does NOT conduct any background checks of your financial or conduct history. Any individual in the JHU community can access the pantry upon application approval. Shopper privacy is respected.
To meet the needs of as many shoppers as possible, we have a daily limit of two per item per shopper on most of the pantry’s items. Some specialty items have a limit of one per item per shopper and are labelled accordingly; all item limits are posted throughout the pantry.
The pantry should not serve as your primary source for food but rather a helpful supplement. If you have a larger food insecurity or financial concern, please contact Taz Shah, SOS’s Resource Specialist, at tshah7@jhu.edu to get connected to additional resources.
The Hopkins Food Pantry is changing its shopping process to ensure an equitable and easy shopping experience for everyone. Shoppers will now leave the Pantry through the front door and see a Pantry staff member at the desk to confirm items shopped. The check-out process should take 2-4 minutes in total.
The Hopkins Food Pantry offers non-perishable staples, fresh produce, and frozen proteins when available. Because we rely on food bank donations, specific items are not guaranteed. Check out the SOS Instagram page for up-to-date offerings!
The Pantry generally doesn’t accept outside food donations, but you can make a financial donation to support the Food Pantry. There may be volunteer or donation opportunities to support other needs of our shoppers; please contact hopkinsfoodpantry@jhu to inquire about getting involved.
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Contact Us
General email: hopkinsfoodpantry@jhu.edu
Staff Advisor: Taz Shah
