{"id":2,"date":"2025-11-03T20:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:02:04","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2026\/08\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.3513203214695753;width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2026\/08\/Capture.png 710w, https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2026\/08\/Capture-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Basic Needs&nbsp;mission is to empower students by connecting them with essential on-campus and community resources that address basic needs, including food, housing, transportation, clothing and other vital services.&nbsp;We are committed to reducing barriers, promoting equity and providing compassionate support so every student has the opportunity to thrive academically and personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Vision<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;aspire to create an environment&nbsp;in which every student receives equal distribution of needed resources to succeed academically, be well personally and to have a sustainable future. By using teamwork,&nbsp;advocacy,&nbsp;and partnerships, we&nbsp;strive to&nbsp;create an&nbsp;environment in which people&#8217;s&nbsp;basic&nbsp;needs do not pose a hindrance to their successful educational outcomes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Referrals to resources for emergency housing, transportation, hygiene, mental health and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food &amp; Nutrition Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campus Care Lockers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Showers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grab N&#8217; Go fridges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comet&#8217;s Closet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diapers and wipes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Period products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Click \u201cSite Menu\u201d on the top left of our page to learn more!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Faculty and Staff Incident Reports<\/summary>\n<p>Are you a faculty or staff member looking to refer a student to Basic Needs? Please submit an <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.maxient.com\/reportingform.php?PalomarCollege&amp;layout_id=0\">Incident Report<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Students<\/summary>\n<p>Are you a student looking for basic needs resources? Please submit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/basic-needs-intake-form\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"356\">Basic Needs Intake Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donations and Donors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>How To Donate<\/summary>\n<p><strong>Monetary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monetary Donations are vital in assisting our Food &amp; Nutrition Center to be able to provide continued food and basic needs assistance for students and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monetary check donations can be written directly to the Palomar College Foundation and sent to 1140 W. Mission Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069 or you can make a donation <a href=\"https:\/\/app.donorview.com\/Donation\/DonationInfo?prm=LjzQmRidJadNVXiTksu5decTHbqlpr6D4OmMpMZFYAFFsg7rEG_bLwXAVMXtciMXKln1GAdWvplGdzQJ8BcFapyVf3ITUdGJxwYhrB4l3MuNKoMk3gDFukAiSYhSdYAEqtY_xge41BEzM8vabwwW2lN2ZC6bbMSnSbC-m2E_KJBj3Npw3Yc3ds8fCuUzmMarMEe2nqh2N0udGGjIkc6MLns5nX6oq60-QGCLO7cftIs4smcx1HPxJv_3krBmVpXh0\">online<\/a> and select the <em>Maag Food and Nutrition Cente<\/em>r. Thank you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Food and\/or Basic Need Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Item Donations are another critical piece in our services. Please, only factory-sealed and non-expired items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend the following donations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Baby Food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bread<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cereals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh Produce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic Household cleaning supplies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a guide to shelf-stable foods and expiration dates, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/food-safety\/safe-food-handling-and-preparation\/food-safety-basics\/shelf-stable-food\">USDA Shelf Stable Food Chart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement&nbsp; Basic Needs&nbsp;mission is to empower students by connecting them with essential on-campus and community resources that address basic needs, including food, housing, transportation, clothing and other vital services.&nbsp;We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10847,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10847"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/basicneeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}