Committed to furthering the Alvernia vision of an inclusive community committed to academic excellence, Clare’s Cupboard seeks to be an integrated, community-based resource that enhances our students’ quality of life in their campus home. Clare’s Cupboard aims to meet the needs of every student as they focus on their personal, social, and academic growth.
How to Give
What We Do
Clare’s Cupboard is Alvernia’s on campus resource available to all students in need. Through generous donations from students, community partners on campus and off, and friends of the Cupboard, we are able to offer food, toiletries, clothing, housewares, and academic assistance for free to Alvernia students in need.
What We Offer
- Non-perishable food items (instant meals, soup, cereal, breakfast bars, and more!)
- Toiletries
- Housewares (Pots and pans, dishes, bedding, etc.)
- School Supplies
Where We're Located
- Bornemann Building (across the street from the Kestral/Commuter Lounge entrance of Bernardine Hall)
- Campus Commons Living Room kitchen.
- John R. Post Center at Reading CollegeTowne, in room 105D on the first floor.
- Grab n’ Gos (mini–Clare’s Cupboards) are available in the Franco Library and Kestrel/Commuter Lounge.
- We also have Clare’s Cupboard locations in Pottsville and in collaboration with Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Philadelphia.
- In addition to our physical locations, we offer online assistance for students who do not have easy access to a Clare’s Cupboard.
To access any of these resources for yourself or your Alvernia friends, stop in or submit a request through Report It!
Sign Up for SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps)
- mRelief: The nonprofit that helps you sign up for SNAP. Find out how much you could save by seeing if you qualify.
Questions?
Laura Nentwig — Community Engagement and Communications Coordinator for the Division of Mission, Diversity, and Inclusion — is the administrator of Clare’s Cupboard. If you have any questions about donating or about the Cupboard, contact her at laura.nentwig@alvernia.edu.
