🍎 Free Food, Professional Clothing, and More! | The Stand: Basic Needs Resources

The Stand

• 📍 K-106
• 📞 (619) 388-5727
• ✉️ mesathestand@sdccd.edu 

The Stand seeks to alleviate basic needs insecurity for our students by providing a safe and secure environment where all students have access to free resources including but not limited to food, professional clothing, transportation, childcare, housing, personal health, books, and school supplies to help them succeed both in the classroom and in the community.

Most services listed below are only available to Mesa College students:

• Food Distributions Links to an external site.
  • Mobile Pantry
    • 1st Monday of the Month
    • 1:00-2:00 PM
    • 📍 Campus Quad
  • Farmer's Market
    • 3rd Thursday of the Month
    • 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
    • 📍 Campus Quad 
• Emergency Direct Student Support Links to an external site.
• Emergency Aid 
• Emergency Food Pantry
• Workshops
• Free Professional Clothing Closet
• No-Cost Hygiene Products 

Most students are eligible for resources as long as they are registered for one course at Mesa College.

There are no income requirements and you do not need to provide proof of income to receive benefits. 

🔴 Applications are not necessary to utilize the emergency food pantry or the Professional Clothing Closet (K-106) 🔴