Pack the Pantry Campus Challenge 2025

The UND College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines (CNPD) is kicking off the UND Pack the Pantry Campus Challenge—a friendly campus-wide competition to support UND’s Food for Thought Food Pantry from February 20 to March 6! 

New teams are welcome to join, even after the challenge starts. See sign-up information below.

Rankings will be updated on February 28th and March 10th.

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Final Score Update

The 2025 Challenge ran February 20-March 6

The team with the most overall points wins the coveted Campus Challenge Overall Winner Traveling Trophy!

Teams that gather the most physical pantry items OR report the most monetary donations will also receive certificates.

2025 Challenge Sign up is now closed.

Sign-up for the Challenge

Here’s how it works:

Create your Team: This is open to all UND groups on campus or online. Create your team to compete! Enter as a whole college, department, unit, just staff, just faculty, just students, a student group, OR create your own team comprised of anyone and any groups you choose.

Goal: Collect needed food pantry items from the list below OR work to raise monetary funds for the UND Food Pantry to earn points. Using the honor system, each team will track and report their points: 1 item = 1 point OR $1 donated through online giving = 1 point.

Prize: The team with the most overall points wins the coveted Campus Challenge Overall Winner Traveling Trophy! (And trust us, it’s a beauty.) Teams that gather the most physical pantry items OR report the most monetary donations will also receive certificates.

How to Participate:

• Sign your team up!: Let us know your team name and information using the sign-up form.
  • • Designate your team captain, who will serve as the challenge’s primary contact, organize your team to collect the physical food drive items, and report team progress.
    • If desired, your team can designate a team donation coordinator who can track and report just online donations made to the food pantry. As there are no physical items collected, donation reporting procedures using an honor system can be determined by each team (an option could be an email or screenshot of a donation receipt emailed to the donation coordinator).
    • Alternatively, the team captain can fulfill both of the roles if needed.
• Collect pantry items AND/OR encourage online donations between February 20 and March 6: Each team gathers their donations independently. How you choose to do this is up to you! You can have your own collection boxes and can communicate with your departments, units, and student groups to participate.
• Track your progress: Earn 1 point for every item/dollar that is collected by your team. Share your progress in photos and post friendly challenges on social media! Tag other teams to get them in on the challenge fun.
• Submit totals: Using the honor system, report your in-progress point totals to the CNPD by end of day February 27, and a final point total by end of day March 7 using the Challenge Report Tool.

The winners of the Campus Challenge will be announced on March 10! Awards will be presented, and group photos will be taken the week of March 17, following Spring Break.

After the challenge, donations can be delivered directly to the UND Food for Thought Pantry at the Memorial Union during regular hours. Need help with drop-off? UND College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines volunteers are happy to assist with collection and delivery!

What items should we collect?

Suggested items for the Food Pantry include:

• Bags of white rice
• Vegetable oil
• Peanut Butter & Jelly
• Canned tuna, chicken, fruit, or vegetables
• Cereal
• Mac & cheese
• Pasta noodles
• Pasta sauce
• Shampoo
• Dish soap
• Body wash
• Toilet paper
• Toothbrushes & Toothpaste
• Personal Hygiene Items
• online donations

Feeding Futures – A Talk on College Student Food Security

Ready to pack the pantry? Let the challenge begin!

UND College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines (CNPD)
Pack the Pantry Event Planning Group
Questions? Contact Jen Koller at jen.koller@UND.edu 

What is Pack the Pantry?

Pack the Pantry is a two-part College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines initiative to support food security for UND students over spring break. This project aligns with the CNPD Strategic Plan under the Service and Affinity pillars and directly addresses the important issue of campus food security.