• As of June 2, 2025, 383 students have donated 2472 meal swipes this academic year.
• This academic year, the Division of Student Life (DSL) provided over 575 eligible on-campus undergraduate students 15 meal swipes each semester with the Proactive Meal Swipe program.
• This year, the Bridge Meal Plan program issued approximately 275 students daily Grubhub stipends to help supplement their meals over winter break.
• During IAP, over 1,100 eligible undergraduate students utilized a weekly stipend in TechCash to supplement their food costs as part of the IAP Flex Dollars Program. 
• Modeled after the successful SwipeShare program, DSL piloted the RetailSwipe Program this academic year. Designed to help create the best experience for students, the program gave meal swipe equivalents to be used in retail cafés. Starting modestly this fall, eligible students were provided 4 swipes valued at $14 each and could be redeemed M–F during the breakfast and lunch periods at 2 cafes across campus. Due to the success of the program, and feedback from students, DSL is now expanding the program. The number of swipes and value of each will be increased to 8 and $16 respectively. RetailSwipes will now be redeemable at all cafes, and Concord Market in W20, every day during business hours.
• The new grocer in W20, Concord Market, opened in February and has been receiving positive reviews from the community. They were a favorite stop at the recent MIT Open House event on May 5th, with a line around W20 for their mini hotdogs. In addition, after feedback from the students, they are now accepting EBT cards.
• Sadly, Daily Table, a local grocer and frequent collaborator with FSAT, closed all their locations on May 12, 2025.

Coming Up

• This summer, the FSAT communications group will be partnering with the Health Promotion Working Group (HPWG) to provide on-campus students our annual online resource guide which will include food resources, support services available over the summer, and free activities in Boston. The summer resource guide will launch in early June on the DoingWell website. If you have any events, initiatives, or resources you’d like to include throughout the summer please send them to hpwgcomms@mit.edu.
• The graduate student members of the Food Security Action Team are working to relaunch Tim’s Kitchen, a newsletter about all things food for grads this fall.