Fwd: Spring Move Out & Free Services ! 🛠️📦

[Undergrad Advising Global Studies]

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Date: Fri, May 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Subject: Spring Move Out & Free Services ! 🛠️📦
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View this email in your browser Dear Partners of the UCSB Food Security and Basic Needs Taskforce, This newsletter is a resource for staff, faculty, student leaders, and community partners working together to support food security and basic needs at UCSB. We’re committed to keeping you informed and fostering collaboration as we move into the new year! Got a topic you’d like to see covered in an upcoming issue? Feel free to share your suggestions with us using this Google Form. Let’s continue making a difference and ensuring that every student has what they need to thrive—through the holidays and beyond! Warmly, UCSB Thrive 🌟 Free Move-Out Boxes & Paper Shredding  Do you have unwanted documents that must be shredded? Bring them with you on Tuesday when you pick up your free moving boxes. Documents with sensitive or personal information should be shredded before being discarded. Tuesday, June 3 | 12-3 PM | IV Community Center  National College Health Assessment (NCHA) 🧠💪🍎 UCSB, we need YOUR voice! The 2025 National College Health Assessment (NCHA) is LIVE 🎉 This survey is all about YOU—your mental health, sleep habits, gym grind, snack game, and more. 💤🏋️‍♀️🍌 Why it matters: ✅ Helps UCSB track student wellness ✅ Shapes future health programs ✅ Fuels data-driven change 🎁 Bonus: Complete it and enter to win a $30, $50, or $75 gift card! 💳 📅 Open now through June 6 🖱️ Link in bio or tap here: [insert shortened link] ⏱️ Takes 20–30 mins 🤫 100% confidential & voluntary Survey Link 🎤 Your voice matters! 💬 The Santa Barbara County Youth Action Board would like to hear from students 16-24 eyears old about their experiences with: 🏠 Housing 💼 Jobs 📚 Educational resources Share widely with students! 🩺 FREE Sexual Health & Overdose Prevention Services 🛡️ Confidential. Discreet. Fast. ✅ HIV, Syphilis & Hep C Testing (results in ~20 mins) ✅ Mpox (Monkeypox) Vaccine ✅ Free Condoms ✅ Fentanyl Test Strips & Naloxone (Narcan) 📍Catch us at these locations: 📅 May 20 | Good Samaritan Shelter – Santa Maria | 9 AM–1 PM 📅 May 30 | Mental Wellness Center – Santa Barbara | 9 AM–1 PM 📅 June 5 | Bridge House Shelter – Lompoc | 9:30 AM–2:30 PM GIVE Sale 🎉 Moving out soon? Don’t dump it, do it right! 🛋️✨ Avoid the landfill and keep IV beautiful! GIVE has accepted donations of unwanted and reusable clothing, books, furniture, household furnishings, kitchenware, canned and packaged foods, and miscellaneous items during Isla Vista and UCSB’s annual move-out time in June. The donations are sold at a giant sale and the proceeds benefit organizations and projects that improve the quality of life in Isla Vista. 💚 GIVE SALE: June 21st & 22nd, 2025, 8am - 4pm, 935 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista Where to Donate Your Items: In Isla Vista at Embarcadero Hall (935 Embarcadero del Norte). Dates and times you can drop off donations:            - June 11 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm            - June 12 - 19 8:00 am - 8:00 pm            - June 20 8:00 am - 12:00 noon                                         At UCSB Residence Halls on campus - Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Rosa, San Nicolas, San Miguel, San Rafael, Manzanita Village, Santa Catalina. Donations collected during Spring Finals Week to move-out for residents only. UCSB Apartments: Sierra Madre, Santa Ynez, San Clemente, and San Joaquin Village. Donations collected during Spring Finals Week to Move-Out for residents only. Learn more here! 🪑💻 Surplus Sale — Hidden Gems, Big Deals! 🛠️📦 Looking for affordable furniture, equipment, or supplies? Check out UCSB’s Surplus Sales — open to the public, departments, and researchers! 🛍️ In-person shopping: 📅 Tuesdays | 🕐 1:00–4:30 PM 📍 Building 507 on Mesa Rd. (near Lot 37, just east of Los Carneros Rd.) 💻 Online deals: Find high-value items on PublicSurplus.com ♻️ Give used items a second life and save big! Starting next Tuesday! Hours + Location May is Mental Health Awareness Month – Let’s Talk About It 💚 💚 Your mental health matters — and we’re here to celebrate, support, and destigmatize it all month long. Join the Mental Health Peers throughout May for events that center you: 🎨 Mental Health & Art Fair – express, create, and connect 📍 Peer Tabling – stop by for resources, support, and real talk 🎤 Mental Health Conference – dive deep into wellness, identity, and community care No matter where you're at on your journey, there's space for you here. Isla Vista Move-Out Project Moving out of IV? Don't panic—plan, donate, sell! 🧳♻️ Your guide to a stress-free and waste-free move starts here. 💪✨ Let's clean up without the chaos! 🛋️🚴📦 📦 Spring Quarter Move-Out Is Around the Corner! 🚚 As the quarter wraps up, many students will be preparing to move out of their apartments and housing. If you're planning a move, now’s the time to start thinking ahead! There are local movers in Santa Barbara and Goleta that can help make the process easier. Be sure to check out the list of recommended services we've shared, and don’t hesitate to explore other local moving companies to find the best fit for your needs and budget. ✅ Start packing early ✅ Donate or recycle unwanted items (like with GIVE!) ✅ Schedule movers ahead of time — they book up fast! Let’s make move-out stress-free and smooth! 🏡 Community Mover Resources Community Storage Spaces No Lease? No Problem. Stay with Us This June! 🏡✨ Need a place to crash between leases? We've got you! UCSB June Temporary Housing is here to help you bridge the gap without the stress. 🌉 🛏️ Stay in San Miguel, roomies included 💸 $60/night 📅 Registration opened on March 27, 2025 🧼 BYO linens & snacks – no meals provided First come, first served – don’t snooze on this! 😴 📝 Need help with the cost? Reach out to FCRT (Financial Crisis Response Team) to inquire about how you can get the cost covered. Don’t hesitate to ask for support! June Temporary Housing ☀️✈️ CalFresh & Summer Break: What You Need to Know! 🍓💼 Studying abroad? Working more hours? Heading home for summer? Here's the scoop on how CalFresh works during your summer adventures: 📍 Studying Abroad? You don’t need to cancel your CalFresh benefits You can’t use them abroad, but they’ll still be active You must complete any SAR-7 or recertification due while abroad — interviews cannot be waived ⚠️ You might not be able to access the benefitscal site abroad due to geo-blocking — plan ahead! 💼 Working Over Summer? If you're working more hours or earning above the income threshold, you might: ➤ Receive reduced benefits ➤ Become ineligible for CalFresh You must report income or job changes to the county within 10 days If your CalFresh eligibility is based on work-study, you’ll need to meet a different exemption over summer to stay eligible You can always re-apply in the fall if you're no longer eligible during summer! 📦 Going home for the Summer break? No need to report to the county you're going home It is recommend to update your mailing address, especially if you’re living in residence halls or university apartments OR are expecting your EBT to come in the mail.   Add Basic Needs info to your syllabus and show your students you really care. 💖 From food 🍎 to housing 🏠 to tech access 💻—we’ve got resources that can make a real difference. 🙌 Need help? A Basic Needs Advocate can connect students to support and services that keep them on track and thriving. 💬✨ 💬 Need help or have questions? ➡️ Email: basic...@sa.ucsb.edu ➡️ Book an appointment here: https://basicneeds.ucsb.edu/resources/basic-needs-peer-advising Stay informed and enjoy your summer break! ☀️🧳 💡 Fun Fact: If you're employed through UCSB, you may meet a student exemption and be eligible for CalFresh! 🍎💰 Check out on-campus job opportunities below and see if you qualify! Healthy Food Pilot Programs Coordinator | Job #9922412 The UCSB Sustainability Internships & Community Resources Department seeks a student intern to be the program coordinator for two health and wellbeing programs.  The first project, running through the Summer 2025, will be leading a series of student focused forums to get feedback on nutrition guidance for basic needs programs and to raise awareness of food justice issues related to lack of access to healthy food options.  This is a Policy, Systems, and Environment strategies program of the CalFresh Healthy Living Program (https://calfresh.dss.ca.gov/healthyliving/).  Forums will discuss what nutrition standards might be useful for basic needs programs and how items that are healthier can be promoted while being sensitive to issues of body shaming, honoring choices of clients using basic needs service, cultural food options, and other food justice issues. The second project will run through the 2025-2026 academic year and will focus on encouraging students, staff, and faculty to purchase healthier options at campus vending machines.  During this portion of the project, the intern will also be collecting and reporting on health data for vending machine purchases.  This will be in service of the UC Healthy Vending Policy Guidelines: https://www.ucop.edu/sustainability/_files/uc-healthy-vending-policy-spwg-1.pdf and Healthy Vending Policy within the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/3100155/SustainablePractices (Page 20).  The selected student will be part of the UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Action Fellowship Program. The program engages and energizes students in support of UC’s climate action and sustainable food goals. The fellowship program is funded by the UC President’s Global Climate Leadership Council (GCLC).  Fellows will be a part of a UC Systemwide network of student fellows from all 10 UC Campuses. Application closes Saturday, May 24th. Apply on Handshake! Apply on Handshake! Membership and Outreach Coordinator | Job #9922426 The UCSB Edible Campus Program (ECP) seeks a Membership and Outreach Coordinator.  ECP currently manages 6 community gardens (Family Student Housing Storke, Family Student Housing West, Greenhouse and Garden Project, St Michael's Community Garden, Methodist Community Garden, and IV Community Center Garden.  Please note that the two religious groups we partner with are open, inclusive, and affirming of the LGBT community.  The gardens are not part of their religious work, but instead a way that they give back to the community at large.  Three of these gardens are primarily plot based (meaning that the garden is divided up into private plots).  This intern would help keep track of plot assignments, recruit students to join as plot holders, and develop programs to support members.  These programs will expand collaborations among members, provide resources and training to members, and encourage members to participate in volunteering towards collaborative projects and joint spaces in the garden.    This intern will also help promote our other three gardens which are primarily communally organized.  In these gardens there is no private ownership of plots, but instead the community comes together to grow food and share in the harvest together.  Engagement opportunities in these gardens are primarily through garden clubs at each garden.   In addition to these core projects, this intern will assist with class tours of gardens, general tabling for the ECP, developing promotional materials for ECP workshops, and other support of our outreach team. The selected student will be part of the UC Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Action Fellowship Program. The program engages and energizes students in support of UC’s climate action and sustainable food goals. The fellowship program is funded by the UC President’s Global Climate Leadership Council (GCLC).  Fellows will be a part of a UC Systemwide network of student fellows from all 10 UC Campuses.  Application closes Saturday, May 24th. Apply on Handshake! Apply on Handshake! Basic Needs Pilot Program Coordinator Be part of shaping the future of food security + student wellness at UCSB. Work with task forces, write grants, launch pilot programs & more — all while growing with a team that’s building as we go 💪 Looking for driven students ready to make long-term impact 💡 📍 10–12 hrs/week | Starts July–August  Application closes on Friday, May 30. Job #9865480 on Handshake. Apply on Handshake! A.S. Food Bank Hours 🍎🥖 Need a snack or fresh produce? Stop by the A.S. Food Bank! 🥦🍞 Located on the second floor of the UCEN, the food bank is here for you whenever you need a quick bite or fresh food. No need to go hungry—just swing by during open hours! 🌟 Miramar Pantry Hours 🥕🍞 Need groceries? The Miramar Pantry is here to help! 🥦🍎 Located in the Sierra Madre Villages court behind the administrative office, you can stop by anytime during open hours to pick up fresh food and pantry staples. They even have refrigerators for perishables! Don't forget to bring your own reusable bags— the Miramar Pantry doesn't provide them. Food Security & Basic Needs Advising Center 🍽️ Need help with food security or basic needs? We’re here for you! 🌟 The Food Security & Basic Needs Advising Center is located in the UCen and is open for walk-ins—no appointment needed! Stop by during open hours to ask questions or get help applying for CalFresh. We're here to support you! 💚 📚 Finals Week Hours Update! 🕐 As you focus on finishing strong, here’s what you need to know: 🏢 Basic Needs Center (UCEN only) Open Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM Note: Only the UCEN location will be open during finals week. We’re here to support you through the finish line! ✨   Calfresh Advocates will be hosting drop-in hours at the ONDAS Student Center this Spring Quarter! Stop by with your Calfresh questions! Like What You See? ASK A QUESTION Want more information? We've got you covered – just reply to this email! VISIT OUR WEBSITE The basicneeds.ucsb.edu site acts as a central hub for all things relating to basic needs at UCSB. It is regularly updated with information on critical resources, and you can use our virtual chat feature to get one-on-one advising with a peer advocate!

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