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Montana Tech Food Pantry
A Community that Cares - Montana Tech Students Helping Montana Tech Students

For 125 years, Montana Technological University has stood for opportunity, perseverance, and taking care of our own. That legacy continues today through the Montana Tech Food Pantry—a simple, powerful way our community ensures students can learn, focus, and thrive without the stress of hunger.

It’s unsettling to imagine a classmate trying to absorb thermodynamics or prep for a lab while running on empty—not because they skipped a meal, but because they didn’t have enough food. This is the reality for many college students. At Montana Tech, we’re meeting that need head-on.

About the Food Pantry

Student-first and anonymous: Located in the Student Union Building, the Food Pantry has provided no-questions-asked access to food and essentials since opening in November 2020.

Student-driven solution: Conceived by the Associated Students of Montana Tech to support peers facing food insecurity.

Community impact: Helps relieve pressure on the Butte Food Bank while directly serving Orediggers on campus.

As we celebrate Montana Tech’s 125th anniversary, your gift honors generations of Orediggers who have always shown up for each other. Pantry shelves stocked today mean students can stay in class, finish labs, and persist to graduation.

Your support helps us:

  • Keep shelves filled with nutritious staples and grab-and-go options between classes.
  • Offer essentials that stretch tight budgets (breakfast items, proteins, fresh options when available, and hygiene basics).
  • Maintain convenient, stigma-free access so students can take what they need, when they need it.

Double the Good: DayOne Matching Opportunity

Montanans Helping Montanans Challenge Match

As added incentive the Town Pump Charitable Foundation has offered a challenge match of $5,000 if we can raise $5,000 for the Montana Tech Food Pantry as part of their Montanans Helping Montanans Campaign. Please help us realize this match during DayOne!


Thank you for your support and please help us spread the word! Share this project on social media, by email and tell your friends!




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First Time Donor Match
First-time donor gifts will be matched 1:1 for each dollar given from a match pool of $5,000. That means your gift of $50 actually has the impact of $100. To take advantage of this matching opportunity if it is your first time giving to Montana Tech make sure to answer yes to being a first-time donor on the giving form. Answers will be monitored for validity. Matching opportunity will be available from noon September 9th, 2026 through noon September 11th, 2026 or sooner if the $5,000 match has been met.
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Jacob Simpson Memorial Math Annual Scholarship Match
During DayOne, thanks to Jack '73 and Leah McCarthy, each gift to the Jacob Simpson Memorial Math Annual Scholarship will be matched 1:1 up to $1,000.
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Anderson Board Legacy Participation Challenge
We are aiming for 800! During DayOne thanks to a generous match to the Montana Tech Foundation Board Legacy Fund by Foundation legacy board member and alum Sundra Anderson, every time we pass a 100 donor total all the way up to 700 we will add $3,000 to the overall DayOne total and if we hit 800 it will unlock an additional $4,000 for a total of $25,000.
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Student Donor Match
Montana Tech student donor gifts will be matched 1:1 for each dollar given from a match pool of $5,000 thanks to a generous gift from Jack and Leah McCarthy. That means your gift of $50 actually has the impact of $100. To take advantage of this matching opportunity make sure to select STUDENT from the How are you affiliated with Montana Tech question on the giving form. Answers will be monitored for validity. Matching opportunity is available from noon September 9th, 2026 to noon September 11th, 2026 or sooner if the $5,000 match has been met.
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Faculty Staff Participation Match Challenge
$5,000 will be unlocked at the time 50 Montana Tech faculty/staff members have participated in DayOne 2026. Upon completion of the entire DayOne Giving event $100 will be applied to the project or projects to which the original gift was made for each of those donors.
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