The Nonprofit Podcast - Ep 19 Swipe Out Hunger

Our Nonprofit Podcast field reporter, Jared Polivka, sits down with Rachel Sumekh CEO and founder of Swipe Out Hunger.  As the catalyst behind this US-based national nonprofit committed to ending college student hunger, Rachel is the epitome of driving the change you want to see. The organization works with colleges and universities to design and implement a range of anti-hunger programs, including “The Swipe Drive” which enables students to donate meals to their peers facing food insecurity on campus.

This is Part 1 of a two-part Summer Inspiration Special, a little something to help you set your strategy wheels spinning over the July 4th weekend, that will be followed on 1 July with an in-depth discussion on Rachel’s decision to step down as Founder.  Honest, emotional and evocative these are two episodes that will remind you why you chose the nonprofit path, and when and why the time comes for Founders to move on.

In this Episode, You Will Learn

• About food insecurity at college campuses
• Asset based framing and the importance of language / how we talk about things.
• How putting the word “the” before a population objectifies them
• How 1 out of 3 college students are hungry, according to Rachel Sumekh
• How to normalize talking about food insecurity
• How to market programs to in-need students so they can receive help
• How Swipe Out Hunger approaches solving college student hunger - meal swipe donations, advocacy, partnerships
• How Swipe Out Hunger measures success
• Who Swipe Out Hunger partners with
• How ramen distracted us from hungry college students for a long time
• If you’d like to help an in need student, go to https://www.swipehunger.org/

Links and Resources

• Swipe Out Hunger Campus Partners / Locations
• Bring Swipe Out Hunger to Your Campus
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• “Charity is about the redemption of the giver, not the liberation of the receiver.” - Robert Eggers
• “You make love over food; you make peace over food. Food is the most important connection in the community.” - Jamil Kadoura
• The legendary Mediterranean Deli, a must-visit if you travel to North Carolina.
• “Wasting food is a tragedy, but the real tragedy is that we’re wasting people.” - Robert Eggers

Swipe Out Hunger

Swipe Out Hunger - Student-Led Solutions to College Food Insecurity

One in three college students experience food insecurity. We work with colleges and universities to address hunger on campus.

Est. reading time: 2 minutes   https://www.swipehunger.org/

Campus Partners - Swipe Out Hunger

One in three college students faces food insecurity. We partner with colleges on student-led anti-hunger programs.

Est. reading time: 1 minute

Get Started - Swipe Out Hunger

One in three college students faces food insecurity. We partner with colleges on student-led anti-hunger programs.

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