Comfort Casita Food Pantry
DACC's in-house food pantry provides free supplementary food assistance to current DACC students, staff and faculty. This food is intended to lessen the burden of the growing economic challenges our community faces. We hope this food will support our student retention, academic success and overall well- being. We ask each visit you bring a reusable bag and have your Aggie ID number available. ,
Main Location: Espina Campus DASH 109B
Main Location Summer 2025 Hours:
Tuesday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
What to know before you come
The Comfort Casita and AVANZA staff are thrilled to announce the launch of our new check-out system!
New Registration is required even if you have visited the Comfort Casita before.
Please take the time to do this before our open hours to help reduce your first checkout time.
Steps:
- Go to the website - https://app.pantrysoft.com/login/daccnmsu
- Create an Account and Sign up
- Log in and complete the registration
- Come once weekly if needed during open hours below (no need to schedule)– Please bring your Aggie ID and a reusable bag
Micro Casitas
Unable to come to join us at our main location?
Bags are available at each of the DACC Campuses. Connect with your local AVANZA Student Success Advocate to arrange a pickup time
Locations & Contacts
Chaparral & Gadsden Center- Cynthia Dominguez
East Mesa Campus - Leeza Marquez
Espina Campus - Daniella Rivera or Molly McCaskell
Sunland Park - Jasmin Kaur
or AVANZA
Eligibility
Students
• Must be currently enrolled in at least one DACC course or a DACC adult education course.
• Students may receive Comfort Casita items once weekly.
• Students who go more than twice monthly will be referred to the AVANZA program for additional resources and support
• The students themselves must be present to receive items
• Must provide Student ID or other identifying information at the time of visit to properly track student visits.
Faculty/Staff
• Faculty/Staff may receive Comfort Casita items once monthly.
In order to ensure DACC Comfort Casita complies with the Basic Needs Grant, we must enforce the eligibility requirements. All non-DACC students, faculty and staff will be referred to food resources within our community.
For questions or concerns or other requested accommodations, you may contact an AVANZA Advocate via email avanza@dacc.nmsu.edu or
Director of Avanza Gina Reyes 575-528-7372 greyes@dacc.nmsu.edu
Donate Online
The Comfort Casita offers the nourishment students need to focus, learn, and truly succeed. Your donation directly fuels their academic journey, allowing them to thrive without the burden of food insecurity. By supporting the Comfort Casita, you're not just giving a meal – you're cultivating success, one nourished student at a time.
Nourish Success, Donate to the Comfort Casita Now!
Payroll Deduction
- Start on mypayrollgift.nmsu.edu
- Log in with your NMSU credentials
- Click on‘Add New Contribution’
- Click on ‘Can’t find your fund? Click here’
- Type “DACC Food Pantry”
- Enter the $ amount you want to donate per pay period
- Enter - Start Date
- Select- Ongoing or Enter End date
- Lastly, Submit