Meal Donation / Meal Exchange / Catered Event
- Many requests come in from students wishing to donate meals to charitable organizations, the homeless, soup kitchens, or organizations sponsoring events.
- Meals and Meal Plans are not transferable however there are 3 different procedures whereby Dining Services will assist with providing food or funds for a social event or a specific cause.
- The purpose of both the Meal Exchange Program and Meal Swipe for Catered Event Credit is to provide food or meal credit for those students who will actually attend the scheduled event.
- Meal Swipe for Charity is the only permitted “donation” program.
Meal Exchange for Social Event
- Meal Exchanges are the simplest, most cost effective way for an organization to have food at a social event. The courtesy desk can assist you with these basic meal exchanges.
- An organizer goes to the dining hall closest to where the event will take place, and sets up a meal exchange contract with the cashier or manager of that dining hall.
- The most popular menus are barbecues (We provide burgers, hot dog, veggie burgers and accompaniments.
- You cook the food yourself on your own grill.) Hoagie Parties, Bagel Brunch, Taco Party and other menus are available.
- The dining hall will allow you a sign up period, where each student who will attend comes into the dining hall and signs away one guest meal. The sign up period ends 5 business days before the event.
- On the date of the event, you go to the dining hall and pick up bulk food for each person who signed away a valid guest meal. There is a minimum of 25 people for meal exchanges.
Meal Swipe for Catered Event Credit
- If you are interested in having a full catered event, you should contact our catering department. They have a variety of menus you can choose from.
- Once you arrange your event, students who have meal plans, and will be attending, can sign away one of their guest meals to offset the full catered price of the event.
- If you wish to use this option, it must be done in advance when your catered event is planned.
- Each student who wishes to sign away a guest meal must do so in person in advance at the selected dining hall.
Meal Swipe for Charity
- The "meal swipe" program for charity is an historical opportunity for dining students to "give up" a meal to benefit a charitable organization.
- Since the block plans, the "food cost" value of a "guest meal" is used, since there is no ability, like with the "ancient" meal plans, to deny a student entry during any specific meal period.
- The plate cost portion of their meal, or $3.00, is accumulated through the swipe process, and then Dining has a check cut and sent to the selected charitable organization.
- The program is specific for "outside" legitimate, charitable organizations. It is not intended to support any University or student group, and is allowed once an academic year for selection by Governing Associations.
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