10/21/2026
💙💚 Help us Feed the Need and support CLC students!
The College of Lake County is joining community colleges across Illinois to help address food insecurity through the third annual Feed the Need Campus Food Drive! This statewide initiative, organized by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), engages campuses in a friendly competition while serving a critical need.
CLC is collecting non-perishable food items, grab-and-go snacks, toiletries and other essential supplies to stock the SHARE Market student food pantry for the holiday season and winter break.
🎯 Our goal this year is 10,000 donated items!
The CLC SHARE Market provides food, school supplies and toiletries to currently enrolled CLC students who need basic-needs support while pursuing their educational and career goals.
Last fiscal year, nearly 1,700 students utilized the SHARE Market nearly 15,000 times for snacks and groceries. This represents a 22% increase in students and a 70% increase in visits over FY25, with grab-and-go snacks accounting for the greatest increase.
Please help us feed the need and support CLC students! Drop off donations by Monday, Nov. 30. You can choose one or more of these options to participate.
📌 Option #1: Shop and drop off donations
Shop from the suggested donation list and drop items off at any of these CLC Welcome and One Stop Centers:
📍 Grayslake Campus: 19351 W. Washington St., B Wing
📍 Lakeshore/Waukegan Campus: 34 N. Sheridan Rd., first floor
📍 Southlake/Vernon Hills Campus: 1120 S. Milwaukee Ave., Room V130
Highest-need items include granola and cereal bars, fruit snacks, ramen and mac-and-cheese cups, oatmeal and cereal cups, applesauce and fruit cups, jerky sticks, trail mix and other shelf-stable meals and snacks.
Students also appreciate gluten-free, vegan, low-sodium, halal and kosher items.
Please note that opened packaging, expired food and home-prepared or preserved food cannot be accepted.
🔗 View the suggested donation list:https://dept.clcillinois.edu/cas/sharemarketfeedneedlist.pdf
📌 Option #2: Shop from the SHARE Market Amazon List
Purchase items from the SHARE Market's Amazon List and they will automatically be sent to CLC. Sort the list by "priority (high to low)" to view the most-needed items.
🔗 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/32VEYC159DW0C
📌 Option #3: Donate to the SHARE Market through the CLC Foundation
Your financial contribution will help purchase food for CLC students. 100% of donations are used to purchase food! Every $1 donated also counts as one item toward this year's 10,000-item goal.
🔗 https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/adaptive-donor-form/?formId=18632982-350e-42ed-982e-4a746c223aff&envid=p-JzVki3dTWkayviwtMgWC0A&zone=usa
✨ Thank you for supporting CLC students! Your generosity helps ensure students have access to essential resources so they can stay focused on their educational and career goals.
Questions about donations? Contact [email protected].
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