Milligan's Food Pantry

College students need consistent access to food in order to live active, healthy lives, much less keep up with their studies. Milligan's Buffalo State Food Pantry aims to assist our students with their need. 

Milligan's provides supplemental food to any registered student experiencing food insecurity regardless of income and residency (on- or off-campus).  We can also provide information and referrals for students to address their basic needs and support academic and personal success.  

The Buffalo State Food Pantry is named after a town restaurant, Milligan’s, in Indiana. Rev. Linda Harley-Mould, one of the founders of the Milligan’s Buffalo State Food Pantry, had reported that while her father was attending Tri State College in Indiana, he was struggling financially.  He prided himself as someone who could take care of himself, so he supported himself by photography jobs and as a musician.  He was playing with a band that would later be well known; The Glen Miller Orchestra.  Checks did not always come on time so that he went for extended periods of time without money.  Milligan’s was a restaurant that catered to the local college students.  Because he did not have money to pay, the restaurant agreed to let him run up a tab.  They continued to allow him to eat there until his check came in. Then, in a way that did not damage his pride, they declined to accept his payment.

Rev. Linda’s Father took opportunities during his life to help those in need without compromising their dignity, as a way to return the kindness offered him.  This is the spirit in which those involved in the food pantry work to preserve.

Milligan’s Buffalo State Food Pantry founders were staff from the Buffalo State Counseling Center and the campus Critical Incident Support Team, as they recognized that some students were food insecure.  For 25 years, the food pantry has increased contacts over campus so that more students can be assisted.

If you are helped by Milligan's Food Pantry, it is our hope that in better times, you will provide assistance to someone who needs your help while preserving their dignity as well.