Over 3,000 Sac State students face hunger.
The ASI Food Pantry has always been a space that welcomes and empowers Sac State students facing hunger.
Since 2015, we have helped thousands of Hornets graduate and succeed in the journey of life. This year, amidst CalFresh cuts affecting 395,000 households in California and a 4-week government shutdown delaying November food assistance dollars, we rallied our local Sacramento community to help our students at risk of food insecurity.
This meant putting together both the largest and most consecutive
food and fundraising drives in our ASI history, with more than 20
organizations hosting special holiday team events to bring
together shelf-stable foods, toiletries, menstrual products, and
fresh fruits and vegetables for Sac State students.
We are so grateful to share that together, we helped over 800
students and their families get a month’s worth of groceries
during the Thanksgiving season. Over 240 students attended our
signature holiday event Friendsgiving Feast, for
students unable to return home to visit their families this year.
We offered a hot holiday meal complete with quinoa salad,
honey glazed carrots, herb stuffing, creamy mashed potatoes, mac
and cheese, slow-roasted turkey, and garlic scallion gravy.
Renaissance Society members came out to volunteer as a greeters
and KSSU emceed & hosted a round of human bingo with prizes.
See photos
here.
Our 2025 fundraising campaign has ended! Thank you for your generous support!