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Check out on-campus Food Resources 

Second Harvest Food Bank

  • Community Food Hotline

  • Get info on: Neighborhood pantries, Food For Children and Passion For Produce distributions, hot meal kitchens, summer lunch sites, CalFresh and WIC

  • Also provide information on additional resources related to food & nutrition, health, housing, utilities, emergency shelter, education and finance.

Contact: 831-662-0991

Hours: Monday-Friday  8am – 4pm  

Twin Lakes Drive-Thru Food Pantry 

  • Open to the public, provide a drive-thru pick up method 

  • Look for signs in parking lot. Request that guests to not line up before 3:30 PM.

Location: 2701 Cabrillo College Drive, Aptos, CA 95003

Wednesday from 4:00 to 5:15 PM

Phone: 831-465-3300

St. Francis Catholic Kitchen 

  • Cafeteria–style lunch served year round, every Monday through Friday, from noon to 1:00 PM, open to the public

  • Different kind of hot soup is featured each day of the week. Besides a large bowl of nutritious, hot soup loaded with meat and fresh vegetables or with legumes and vegetables, there is a bowl of green salad with dressing, a serving of fresh fruit, bread & butter, and milk. When available, a slice of pizza or a cake, pie or ice cream dessert will be served, too.

  • Other services: hot showers, clothes, transitional shelter for women and children

Location: 205 Mora St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Lunch Served weekdays from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Phone: 831-459-6712 

Community Bridges; WIC 

  • WIC provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care and social services for millions of low-income families, and it plays a crucial role in improving lifetime health for women, their infants, and young children. 

  • Eligibility: Low- to moderate-income families who have incomes at 185% or less of the Federal Poverty level and/or receive Medi-Cal, CalFresh, or Cash Aid, must be either pregnant, post-partum or breastfeeding and/or have an child under 5 (including foster children)

Click here to take our online eligibility survey

Santa Cruz Location: 1105 Water Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Monday – Thursday: 8am to 6pm

Phone: 831-426-3911

Calvary Episcopal Church Food Pantry

  • Little Red Church Food Pantry offering free fresh produce & canned goods

  • Saturdays, 8:00 am - 11:00 am (except between Christmas and New Year’s Day).

Location: 532 Center St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Saturdays 8:00am-11:00am

EBT Market Match: Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets

  • All SCCFM markets accept EBT & WIC, and  can match up to $20 of EBT dollar-for-dollar 

  • Locate the information booth and a market manager to process your EBT card and get tokens to use at the farmers’ markets.

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