LSUS Pilots Pantry

Mission

Food insecurity significantly impacts academic performance, leading to reduced GPAs, difficulty concentrating, low energy levels, chronic stress, and mental health challenges. The mission of the LSUS Pilots’ Pantry is to ensure that every student has access to nutritious food and essential resources. Additionally, the pantry aims to eliminate student hunger, reduce the stigma associated with food insecurity, increase awareness, and support overall student success.

Things to Know

The LSUS Pilots’ Pantry is open to all LSUS enrolled students. All visitors must check-in with their student ID number. First-time visitors must complete an intake form and waiver. Those who wish to receive USDA items will also need to provide proof of income and ID. This may be a check stub, tax statement, W-2, bank statement or SNAP benefits statement. All visits and personal information are kept confidential. Students may visit the pantry once a week for up to 100lbs a month.

Know the Numbers - LSUS Student Survey 2023-2026

Essential Needs Insecure: 53%

LSUS student survey respondents reported at least one of the following: food insecurity, housing insecurity, or homelessness.

Food Insecure: 37%

LSUS student survey respondents reported experiencing limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire food in a socially acceptable manner in the past 30 days.

Housing Insecure: 44%

LSUS student survey respondents reported experiencing one or more challenges that prevented them from having a safe, affordable, and consistent place to live the previous year.

Homelessness: 9%

LSUS student survey respondents reported not having a fixed, regular, and adequate place to live at some point during the previous year. 

If you are facing essential needs challenges, please visit the Student Advocacy page to learn more about how we can support you.