Food Assistance
Who can I contact on campus?
The staff at your child’s school- Click here for a list of school principals, counselors, facilitators and nurses.
Food Pantries
College Community School District has our own food pantry. The Prairie Cares Market is located at Prairie High School and is available to all Prairie students and families. If you would like to place an order to pick up a food box, see below for directions. If you have any questions please reach out to your students school counselor.
Food Box Requests: Food boxes are available for all district families. Food boxes contain dry goods, bread, fresh food and hygiene products. Food distribution is on Thursdays. The form to request a Thursday Food Box is open Friday-Monday HERE and will need to be requested each week. Drive through food box pick up will take place outside the Success Center doors behind the high school on Thursdays from 4:15-6:30pm.
List of local community food pantries: https://www.foodpantries.org/st/iowa
College Community- Free and Reduced meal application
Meal Sites
First Lutheran Church Saturday Evening Meal 319-365-1494
First Presbyterian Church Sunday Evening Meal 319-364-6148
Green Square Meals M-F 319-365-6652
Neighborhood Meal Enrich. M-F 319-363-2058
Together We Achieve Resource CenterTuesdays and Saturdays 319-432-9754
Mission of Hope M-F Lunch meal
Salvation Army M-F breakfast, lunch, holidays 319-364-9131
Pantries
Angle Food Ministries Hope Lutheran 365-3105
New Creation Methodist 396-4366
Fathers House Vineyard Chu. 361-1351
DHS 892-6800
Family & community Health Alliance HACAP 393-7811
Foundation 2 Crisis Center 362-2174
Harambee House 366-1408
Linn Community Food Bank 364-3543
Loaves and Fishes 363-2029
Mission of Hope 362-5559
HACAP Food pantries and mobile food pantries 319-393-7811
Ely Public Library Lobby 319-848-7616