As the world changes, Swipe Out Hunger’s commitment to students remains consistent. We launched new initiatives in response to the pandemic, engaged thousands of students in advocacy, and provided over 200,000 warm meals when students needed them most. From the moment my friends and I began Swipe Out Hunger in 2010, our organization has challenged colleges to reimagine their obligation to their students. The gravity of that obligation has risen to significance this year.

While our organization has grown, four things have driven our programming over the last decade: student power, innovation, sustainability, and destigmatization. It is these values that will guide us as we seek to fundamentally end student hunger over the next 10 years. I am proud to share Swipe Out Hunger’s impact, expansion, and movement over this last school year. Click around and hear directly from students on the power of a meal.

Forever Swiping,

Rachel Sumekh
Founder & CEO

Swipe Drives

Student Impact

We surveyed 252 students receiving meal swipes from higher ed institutions.

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Expansion

Campus Network + Partnerships

Our network grew to 38 new campuses and 10 new states.

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Movement

Influence + Capacity

We grew our influence to meet the need of today’s students.

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What our Campus Leaders are saying

“We have seen tremendous strides in addressing the issue of food insecurity because of the addition of Swipe Out Hunger on our campus.”

Kathryn Stapleton, Student Basic Needs Committee Vice President of Government Affairs, University of Tennessee Knoxville

“There is a much broader sense of awareness of food insecurity on Georgetown’s campus. Swipe Out Hunger brought attention to this fact but also ensured that it was not something to be ashamed of but rather something to come together and help our community grow as a whole. Not a single person on our campus wants any peer or person to face food insecurity and this sense of togetherness truly showed. Swipe Out Hunger is so accommodating and adaptable to any school’s situation and dining program. Any school can benefit from Swipe Out Hunger.”

Isabelle Ortiz, Swipe Out Hunger Student Founder, Georgetown University

“Swipe Out Hunger brings years of experience in addressing the food needs of students; experience which UIowa can leverage in developing our own initiatives. They also bring their significant marketing potential to help boost (national) awareness of our existing services, provide access to their network of campus partners, and offer continuing education and training in the form of frequent student support workshops/ partner meetings/ and basic needs-related webinars.”

Cole Denisen, Co-Chair, UIowa Basic Needs Committee, The University of Iowa

“Swipe Out Hunger has been an awesome support system and has an endless toolbox of ways to help assist all programs and initiatives that we are thinking about putting into place. They are super friendly and understand that we are students first, but keep us accountable for continuing to be an advocate.”

Erin Neff, Student Leader, Baldwin Wallace University

“Through my leadership with Swipe Out Hunger, I have gained the ability to talk to different types of people. Given we work with such a diverse student body and everyone’s home/financial situation is different, it helps you see different perspectives.”

Keilyn Rubio, Swipe Out Hunger Student President, University of California, Santa Barbara

Our COVID-19 Response

150

students attended our COVID-19 webinar series

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1,800+

students accessed our FairCARES Advocacy Toolkit

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$5,000

of emergency aid sent to students in Los Angeles and New York City

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3,000+

community members advocated to urge Congress to allocate $6.28B for student emergency aid

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1,130+

students received customized assistance through our Student Navigator Network’s summer cohort

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STUDENT HUNGER IS REAL. WE CAN HELP END IT.

Swipe Out Hunger believes that supporting the basic needs of students must become a priority for colleges and universities. With increased capacity, we’ll be able to make this so.

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