The Wolfmart: Food & Toiletries

Here for you when times are tough

Wolfmart provides food and clothing, household essentials, and basic needs items. 

You only need to bring your student ID number.

Red Wolves go GREEN, bring your own reusable shopping bag and receive a few additional items!

Forget your lunch? Need a sugar boost? Wolfmart offers a free snack cart located in the lobby of Office of Student Affairs RW 202.

A message from the IU East community: You're here to earn a college degree. When times are tough and money is tight, it takes grit and courage to keep fighting for that goal. We're proud of you and we're here to help you through. So keep your head up, your mind and body nourished, and know that you are a part of the IU East family.

Questions? Contact Deanna Cooper, Student Resource Navigator 765-973-8559, or stop by RW 202B

Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm or by appointment. If we are out of office, you can receive a prefilled bag of groceries until the next shopping day. Please note, we follow campus calendar, when campus is closed Wolfmart is closed. We are OPEN during summer!

Struggling academically?

If your grades or attendance are dropping due to difficult circumstances, contact the Dean of Students to discuss your options.

Struggling emotionally?

Chat with our counselor or join a group support session. You're not alone.

Donate to the Wolfmart

Thank you for considering making a donation to the Wolfmart!

We make sure all food we provide is safe for distribution and are required to discard food that doesn't meet certain requirements (listed below):

Below are key aspects to keeping the food in the pantries safe for distribution.

Integrity of packaging

  • Cans should be free of dents. Dents on top, bottom, and side seams can result in Botulism.
  • Protective packaging should be free of rips, tears, or compromise. Packages may not be repaired.
  • Foods should not be repackaged.

Dates

  • All dates on packaged goods must be clearly understandable. If not, the products may not be used.
  • Foods with a “Best-by” date must be used or discarded no more than 18 months after the date.
  • All foods with a “Use-by” date must be used or discarded by that date.
  • All perishable food must be distributed or discarded by the “Sell-by” date.
  • All perishable food must be distributed or discarded by the “Expiration” date.

Baby and Infant Foods

  • Baby formula may not be distributed after any date on the packaging.
  • Baby and infant foods may not be distributed after the “use-by” or “expiration” date.

Food Pantries on the IU campuses are registered food facilities within the IU Food Program’s jurisdiction and inspected by the IU Public Health group. The Pantries are subject to the Indiana Food Code 410 IAC 7-24.

 

Please contact Wolfmart to ensure donations are being accepted at that time.

All clothing must be freshly laundered or dry cleaned. Clothing must be free of stains, tears, missing buttons or nonfunctioning zippers. We can no longer accept bags of clothing as this interferes with safety precautions in the food area.


Clothing Donation Alternatives

If your clothes are too far past their prime to be donated, don’t despair, you can also repurpose or recycle them and minimize your environmental footprint.

Repurpose old clothes:

Some old clothes can become dust rags used for cleaning while other types of clothes like shirts can easily be turned into dog toys.

Recycle clothes, towels, and bed sheets that aren't fit for donation:

If you can’t find any way to use your old clothes around the house you can always reach out to local nonprofits about helping you with textile recycling. Oftentimes, they may be able to facilitate taking your old clothes to textile recyclers. If you need a jumpstart looking into recycling options check out Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (“SMART”).

 

"Stock" the Wolfmart Fund

You can help support our most vulnerable students during difficult times. When you give to The Wolfmart fund, you are supporting efforts to:

  • provide stability in times of great uncertainty, and
  • help struggling students continue their education.

There are two ways to donate to The Wolfmart:

Donate via Amazon Wish List

or a monetary donation to the IU Foundations Account:

Give Now

Prefer to give by check? Please make it out to the 'IU Foundation' and include the fund # in the memo line.

Fund #: 0320012961