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Reaching 100: A Year-End Reflection from our VP of Programs
Three years ago, I interviewed at a small start-up called Swipe Out Hunger. At the time, there was just one other employee — its Founder and CEO, Rachel Sumekh. And I’ll be honest — I didn’t know much about college student hunger when I… Read More
PepsiCo Joins the Fight to Address Student Food Insecurity
Swipe Student Leaders Betty Zamora and Keilyn Rubio stand at the Arbor, the active and bustling heart of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) campus, asking their peers “Got extra swipes?” This quarter stood out as we partnered with PepsiCo… Read More
Rounding Up at Linn-Benton Community College
Jessi Walker is a Student Success Specialist and co-founder of the Swipe program at Linn-Benton Community College. We invited her to write a blog about how she made a Swipe Out Hunger program operate within a community college model. Read More
Fall 2019 Advocacy Learnings: Little “P” Policy, Relationship-Building, and Risk-Taking
Pictured above (L to R): Katie Gouge (University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Swipe Social Media Coordinator), Kaylee Sheppard (University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Swipe Vice President), Owen Flomberg (University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Swipe President), and Katie Stapleton (University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Swipe Director of Advocacy)… Read More
Challah for Hunger Announces New National Partnership with Swipe Out Hunger
Students at Temple University hosted a Swipe Out Hunger and Challah For Hunger partner bake during the 2019 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The proceeds from the bake sale will go to the Cherry Pantry or Student Emergency Aid Fund in the Division of Student… Read More
REPORT: Trellis Company: Studying On Empty
This report unveils the drivers and intersecting contextual factors of student food insecurity with a working definition as an evolving, rather than stagnant state. Factors range from receiving SNAP benefits to being a single parent to being a former foster youth, as well as… Read More
REPORT: The Hope Center: Guide to Assessing Basic Needs Insecurity in Higher Education, Fall 2019
Campus-specific basic needs data is key to student leaders on the ground in advocating for programs and institutional policies on campus, as well as bringing the issue to the attention of legislators locally and federally. The Hope Center for College, Community, and… Read More
Swipe Out Hunger Announces Winners for CUNY Pitch Competition!
This fall, Healthy CUNY and Swipe Out Hunger partnered for its first ever pitch competition on the search for innovative solutions to food insecurity across the CUNY campuses to create lasting change in their communities. After a competitive process, we… Read More
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week: How Can We Make Our Campuses More Aware?
The Swipe Out Hunger National Team has been joined by our Ithaca College Student Leader, Unagh Frank, during her final Fall semester as our Media & Innovation Fellow. In addition to spearheading Swipe Out Hunger on her campus, she was pivotal in creating a series of events during last… Read More
Everyone at the Table: Swipe Out Hunger Announces Partnerships with Sodexo, Aramark, and CBORD
As the CEO of Swipe Out Hunger, I’ve spent the past nine years devoted to a cause – ensuring all college students have access to nourishing meals. Over those years, we heard all too many stories of students who were… Read More
