Ways to Give: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Ways to Give

Make a Monetary Donation

At FUEL NKU, our mission is to Feed the University, and Enrich Lives by supporting student nutritional needs in addition to other useful items. Now, more than ever, we need the community support to ensure that we can carry out this mission. No one should go hungry. If you have the means to do so, please consider continuing to support our mission by any of the ways listed below.

Kroger Community Rewards- The Kroger Community Rewards Program makes fundraising for FUEL NKU as easy as 1,2,3!

1. Enroll in the free Kroger Community Rewards Program.

2. Designate FUEL NKU as the non-profit organization you want to support.

3. Simply shop and swipe your Loyalty Card and funds will be donated to FUEL NKU at no added cost to you!

Make a Gift to FUEL NKU- Make a monetary gift the the FUEL NKU Zero Hunger, Zero Waste mission by donating through the NKU Foundation.

Light the Way, Your Way- Faculty, staff, and adminstration can support students at NKU in a number of different ways. Check out how to here.

Host a Donation Drive

Due to current public health recommendations, FUEL NKU is not currently accepting donated items. We are doing this in order to keep our students, faculty, staff and community safe. We sincerely appreciate our community's willingness and desire to help. At this time, if you have the means to do so, we would greatly appreciate any monetary donations in order to continue supporting our operations during this time. Please see the above section "Make A Monetary Donation" to find out how.

If you are holding a donation drive in which the proceeds or products go to FUEL NKU, you can contact us (fuel@nku.edu) for flyers, advertisement of your event, as well as donation bins to be dropped off and picked up before and after your event.

Donation Drop-off

Given the current public health recommendations, FUEL NKU is not currently accepting donated items. We are doing this in order to keep our students, faculty, staff and community safe. We sincerely appreciate our community's willingness and desire to help. At this time, if you have the means to do so, we would greatly appreciate any monetary donations in order to continue supporting our operations during this time. Please see the above section "Make A Monetary Donation" to find out how.

If you have donations that need to be dropped off, you may drop-off at FUEL NKU during our open hours. Additionally, we have drop-off sites located at Albright Health Center (HC), 104 and Math, Education Psychology (MP), 247 or by appointment- please email us (fuel@nku.edu).

Our Current Needs

Our most needed food items at the moment are bottled water, snack-sized trail mix, nuts, and dried fruit, oatmeal cups, and canned chicken/tuna.

Our hygiene needs include deodorant, razors, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste and toiletpaper.

Items We Accept

Fresh produce, refrigerated items, frozen items, non-perishable food items, hygiene products. Due to liability to shoppers, we cannot accept expired food or used hygeine products. If you have expired food with an expiration date that does not exceed 6 months, they can be donated to Matthew 25 Ministries.

Thank You to Our Sponsors and Partners

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