Food Resources
A page within Student Life
UWL Resources:
UWL Campus Food Pantry is available to all UWL students, faculty, and staff.
UWL's Care to Share Program partners with University Centers and Chartwells to distribute block meals to UWL students that are experiencing an unexpected event impacting their access to food. To apply, complete an Emergency Fund application.
Additional Resources:
- La Crosse County Food Resources Map is a user-friendly guide to food pantries, retailers, farmers markets, meal sites, and more in La Crosse County.
- Wisconsin Food Share is Wisconsin's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aimed to stop hunger.
- Need help with your application? View this Guide to Applying for Foodshare
- Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) is a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program that serves people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum, as well as infants and children up to age five.
Great Rivers 2-1-1
Great Rivers 2-1-1 offers free, confidential community information and referrals 24 hours/day. Dial 2-1-1 or (800) 362-8255 to talk to an information and referral specialist. You may also connect with a specialist through the chat function on their website or through texting your zip code to 898211.
Great Rivers 2-1-1 also offer a Crisis Hotline 24/7, where you can talk with a crisis specialist by dialing 2-1-1 or (800) 362-8255.
To explore more community resources in the area, view the Great Rivers 2-1-1 Guided Search.