![]() ![]() Individual campus chapters were given the choice to keep the organization’s founding name or adopt the new title. We need to be more aware of our surroundings,” said Nana Sarkodee-Adoo, president of USC’s Swipe Out Hunger chapter.Īccording to representatives from Swipes’s national organizers, the recent name change stemmed “from a desire to operate closer to our core values of empowering students into action, ending hunger and having the Swipes brand better inform our actions in the world.” We can’t forget that we live in the homelessness capital of the nation. “It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the USC community when the farthest place you go to is The Row … but there’s so much going on outside of USC. Last semester, the USC chapter collaborated with USC Hospitality to contribute its funds to Los Angeles Mission, a local homeless shelter and recovery program. When students sign up to donate, they are given information on local hunger and homelessness.Įach year, the funds raised through the program are donated to local nonprofits. Students are also able to donate using the Tapingo app and selecting the Swipes option on the menu. This semester, however, the organization has refocused its mission and adopted a new title to reflect its broadened vision: Swipe Out Hunger.ĭuring the last two weeks of each semester, members of Swipe Out Hunger set up a table outside of dining halls and dormitories to invite students to donate their unused meal swipes by providing their name, student ID number, meal plan option and signature. For the past four years, the student-run organization Swipes for the Homeless has been a fixture on campus for collecting unused meal swipes and discretionary funds. ![]()
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