The Love Fridge

The Love Fridge at Augustana is a community effort to address food insecurity in a practical, direct way. Augustana hosts the fridge by the congregation’s front entrance on 55th Street. It is available 24/7, for community members to donate food items and to take items that have been donated.

UChicago students, staff or faculty who would like to volunteer for a week of work with The Love Fridge in front of Augustana can contact Sarah Hoehn, sarahhoehn1@gmail.com. You can also volunteer to help keep the Fridge clean and supplied through The Love Fridge mutual aid group, thelovefridge.com.

Donation Guidelines
  • Any food in packages or containers must be in good condition and protect the integrity of the contents so that the food is not exposed to adulteration or potential contaminants.
  • Prepared food should be labeled with all ingredients and dated from day of preparation.
  • If you notice food has gone bad or packaging has been compromised, please throw it away.
  • Check use-by dates on food products. Discard out-of-date food and do not consume prepared food after seven days.
  • Please do not donate anything that you would not personally consume.
  • If you notice or cause a spill, please clean up after yourself whenever possible.
  • The Love Fridge also has space for canned foods, dry goods like pasta and peanut butter and personal care products
YES 🙂
  • sealed packaged foods
  • cheeses
  • fresh fruit
  • fresh vegetables
  • table sauces
  • pastry
  • bread
  • unopened pasteurized milk and yogurt
  • unopened fruit juices
  • fresh eggs (with a use-by date)
  • cured meats (in a sealed container with a use-by date)
  • The Love Fridge also has shelves for canned and dry goods like pasta and peanut butter.
NO 😦
  • raw meat
  • raw fish
  • raw milk
  • raw milk cheeses
  • packaged items not labeled with use-by date
  • opened items
  • half-eaten leftovers
  • anything you would not consume yourself
  • alcohol