Lake Land College’s on-campus Laker Food Pantry played a vital role in combatting food insecurity in 2025, providing students with a total of 6,113 nutritious meals throughout the year.
Located in the Luther Student Center, the Laker Food Pantry provides free groceries to students facing food insecurity. The pantry focuses on providing non-perishable canned and dry goods, including soups, pasta, spices, rice, granola bars, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, crackers and other shelf-stable foods. The pantry is open during the school year Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. each day.
The Laker Food Pantry is one of many local food pantries supported by the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, which provides food to pantries, soup kitchens, snack programs and shelters across 21 Illinois counties. To learn more about the Eastern Illinois Foodbank or locate a food pantry, visit the Eastern Illinois Foodbank website at eifoodbank.org.
To learn more about the Lake Land College Laker Food Pantry or opportunities to volunteer, visit the Lake Land College website at LakeLandCollege.edu/Student-Wellness-Center/Food-Pantry/ or contact 217-234-5383 or studentwellness@lakelandcollege.edu.
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Lake Land College District 517, located in Mattoon, Illinois, serves the second largest community college district in the state, with a total population of 189,869. The Lake Land College district comprises all or part of 15 counties and 31 public school districts in rural east central Illinois. Counties served by Lake Land College include: Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Macon, Montgomery, Moultrie and Shelby.
