The Tamaqua site of Lehigh Carbon Community College has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Hunger Free Campus to expand services for students experiencing food insecurity.

The Cougar Cabinet, in partnership with Helping Harvest, will open Monday and offer prepackaged pantry boxes and a selection of grocery staples.

The site is also working with St. Luke’s Health Network for Lunch and Learn programs and distributing earth boxes to expand access to healthy foods and personal care items.

Members of the LCCC community are welcome to visit the cabinet once a week.

Hours are 12:45 to 4 p.m. on Mondays; 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays; 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays.

Pantry boxes are also available at the Morgan Center front desk during regular business hours of 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, and 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Fridays. All visits are free and confidential.

First-time patrons of the food cabinet need to complete a declaration of need form. Once the form is submitted, all patrons fill out the log sheet upon entry to the pantry.

The LCCC Tamaqua Cougar Cabinet is in room 203 of the Morgan Center.

Cougar Cabinet appointments are also available upon request by contacting 570-668-6880 or morganreception@lccc.edu.