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Swipe out Hunger UCR

College students alleviating hunger and fighting homelessness. Want to start a chapter on your campus? Email [email protected] to learn how!

About 3.5 million individuals face homelessness in a given year throughout the United States. Vulnerability from lack of food, shelter, and education puts the homeless at increased risk of being physically assaulted and abused. These issues, as well as many others, add to the fact that their physical health is already significantly worse than that of the general population. Swipes for the Homeless

was first established as a University of California, Los Angeles student organization in the Fall of 2009 in order to help alleviate the susceptibility of the neighboring homeless population. On-campus residents with meal plans that allow them to roll over unused meals from week to week, tend to accrue many unused meals, or “swipes”, by the end of each academic quarter. At the end of the quarter, these students can donate their unused meal swipes, which would otherwise go to waste, to Swipes for the Homeless. Our organization then takes the meals to homeless shelters, as well as the homeless living on the streets. In addition, many other sub-projects target wasted food in the residential dining halls, fast-food eateries on campus, and community businesses in order to salvage that food for those less fortunate on a daily basis. Swipes for the Homeless hopes not only to feed the homeless, but also to educate the students on campus about the homelessness and hunger problem in Los Angeles, and what they can do to help. Swipes for the Homeless, now an official non-profit organization, has spread to multiple universities throughout the nation, including the University of California at Irvine and the University of Texas San Marcos, and throughout the world, at the Univerty of Paris, in France. We want to continue the success of this non-porfit organization here at the University of California Riverside!

05/17/2020

Hey Highlanders! If anyone wants to make a difference on campus and gain leadership skills then this is a great opportunity!

12/02/2019

It's week 10!! Meaning you can donate your extra meal swipes! Donate online or find us at A-I and Lothian 💳

10/15/2019

Join us on our first general meeting on 10/17/19 @ 7pm Hope to see you all there!

09/15/2019

I'm happy to announce that UCR's upcoming Student Kitchen name is... R'Kitchen! Thank you to everyone who voted 🙏 Now we need a Logo! Deadline: October 4th

Please share our logo contest flyer with any of your creative friends out there 👀

08/16/2019

Follow the link:
https://bit.ly/2YpQBrN to vote on a kitchen name!
Deadline: August 29th

06/07/2019

Hey Highlanders! We are so close to reaching our goal donate online at https://tinyurl.com/yxcv6lap

06/06/2019

Don't forget to donate your extra meal swipes! 🥦🍞🥫Find us at AI and Lothian or donate online at https://tinyurl.com/yxcv6lap

06/04/2019

Week 10 is already here!! Don't miss out on the opportunity to donate some of your extra meal swipes 🍞🍎Or, donate online by following the link below: https://tinyurl.com/yxcv6lap

06/03/2019

Have extra meal swipes?
Consider donating them to Swipe Out Hunger only on Week 10 at AI or Lothian or online at https://tinyurl.com/yxcv6lap

05/29/2019

Hey Highlanders! Donate your extra meal swipes on Week 10 at AI and Lothian. Hope to see you there!

05/01/2019

Hey Highlanders!
If you're interested in making a change on campus regarding food insecurity look into volunteer opportunities with SWIPES by tabling with us on week 10. The swipes get converted to money which we then buy food for the R'Pantry and will be buying things for the upcoming kitchen as well!
If interested feel free to contact us!

04/18/2019

What is CalFresh?

CalFresh is a program that provides monthly food benefits to eligible low-income households and students to purchase nutritious food.
Benefits can be used at Scotty's at the HUB and The Market at Glen Mor!

There will be a registration event this Thursday (April 18th) in HUB 260 and on Thursday (May 23rd) from 1:30-5:30pm in HUB 379

You may also submit an application without assistance by visiting: https://getcalfresh.org/s/ucr
The platform is user friendly.

If anyone has any questions regarding CalFresh or if the event time does not work with you feel free to email [email protected] to work out a time for you.

Hope to see you there!

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Riverside, CA
92507

Website

http://www.SwipesForTheHomeless.org/

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