Did you know Palomar students have access to free groceries, hygiene products, diapers, period products, snacks, and other essential resources on campus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Food and Nutrition Center (FNC) provides a variety of fresh produce, pantry staples, ready-to-eat foods, frozen items, and basic needs support to help students stay healthy and successful in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students must be enrolled in at least one class to access services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Summer Closure Notice<\/strong> Monday – Wednesday: 9:00am – 1:00pm (Closed on Thursdays and Fridays)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Located in SU-40 at the Palomar College San Marcos Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking for additional food resources? Visit San Diego Food Bank<\/a> or Feeding San Diego<\/a> to find free food distribution sites across San Diego County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Student Life and Leadership – Basic Needs at basicneeds@palomar.edu<\/a> or call 760-744-1150 ext. 2820 Food Distribution Resources (local): Food Locator<\/a> (enter your city\/town in the search bar) CalFresh Assistance: Please fill out this form<\/a> to schedule an appointment with a CalFresh Ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TrueCare<\/a> can help people with applying for CalFresh, along with other public benefit applications in most languages through their translation service line. To receive assistance, please call (760) 736-6734 or visit their website<\/a> to request assistance. Did you know Palomar students have access to free groceries, hygiene products, diapers, period products, snacks, and other essential resources on campus? The Food and Nutrition Center (FNC) provides a… Continue Reading Food and Nutrition Center (FNC)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1R1zA-1Xw","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 04:11:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7534"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140976,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7534\/revisions\/140976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/studentlifeandleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Food and Nutrition Center will be temporarily closed and will reopen on June 15, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>The Food and Nutrition Center Services<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Community Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
General Food Assistance (English<\/a>) (Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>)
Emergency Food Assistance Program<\/a> (EFAP)
Diaper Distribution Information: (English<\/a>) (Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>)
Find Help<\/a> (a variety of community resources can be found at this site)
Family Support Program (<\/a>No Cost)
San Diego County Health and Human Services<\/a>
San Diego Hunger Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>CalFresh Updates<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Guide<\/a> to using CalFresh benefits
EatFresh.org Mini Course <\/a>(recipes and nutrition information)
Leah’s Pantry YouTube<\/a> (online food education and ideas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Additional CalFresh Resources:<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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