Food For All @ W&M

Hello Food For All,

For those who still have finals left, best of luck with your remaining exams/papers/projects! For those who are all done, I hope that the start of your summer/graduation week is going well! I wanted to send one last email to broadcast a couple of announcements and to wish you a final farewell as the outgoing co-president. 

End-of-Semester Food Drive: Have dining dollars you still need to spend before they expire on Wednesday? We are partnering with W&M Dining for an end-of-semester food drive! You can purchase nonperishable food and toiletries at Student Exchange and Tribe Market and drop them in the donation boxes at those locations. If you have unopened food items or toiletries that you would like to donate directly, you can drop them off at the Wesley House (526 Jamestown Rd) in a bag labeled for the Food Exchange.

Community Garden: We need folks to help tend our community garden over the summer! If you are interested in watering the plants and harvesting the produce, you can sign up here. For more information, contact Emma Kaufman-Horner.

New Exec: Congratulations to our new exec team for the 2025-2026 school year!

• President – Rachel Touse
• Vice President – Anna Miller
• Community Outreach Chair – Stephanie Oh
• Sadler Exchange Co-Chairs – Lauren Chase-Simms and Maria Choudhary
• Wesley Exchange Co-Chair – Iqra Ahmad and Elijah Gilliam
• Treasurer – Joanna Wang
• Public Relations Chair – Fiona Morris
• Webmaster – Emily Yang

If you are not part of exec but want to get more involved in the fall, keep an eye out for applications for Associate Chair positions (formerly the member-to-exec program) at the beginning of next semester. 

From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for your contributions to Food For All, no matter what your level of involvement has been. It’s been a joy to watch Food For All grow from a seedling of a new club to a flourishing, vibrant community of passionate students. I’ve been honored to serve as your co-president this semester and as a member of exec for the past three years. I’m thrilled that Food For All will be in the hands of such an experienced and earnest exec team next year. Here’s to another year of increasing food access and fighting food insecurity!

Annamarie Warnke (they/them) 

Co-President, W&M Food for All

Addendum from Webmaster-elect: Endless thanks to Annamarie and Bennett for their dedication and service to Food For All. Congratulations to them on their graduation, and we wish them all the best in their new adventures.

Thank you to everyone who came and voted in our elections for next year!

Here is the 2025-2026 Executive Board:

President – Rachel Touse

Vice President – Anna Miller

Community Outreach Chair – Stephanie Oh

Sadler Exchange Co-Chairs – Lauren Chase-Simms and Maria Choudhary

Wesley Exchange Co-Chair – Iqra Ahmad and Elijah Gilliam

Treasurer – Joanna Wang

Public Relations Chair – Fiona Morris

Webmaster – Emily Yang

Congratulations to all new exec members!

Hello Food For All,

Happy Monday, and happy last week of classes! We are holding elections tomorrow, and we have several other announcements about initiatives you should keep an eye out for!

Elections: Come help us elect our next exec board (or run for a position yourself!) tomorrow at 7:00pm in Chancellors 123. Details about procedures, how to run, and the Zoom link can be found in our email sent this past Thursday.

Fundraiser: We will be partnering with AASI for a fundraiser selling ice pops! Keep an eye on our GroupMe and Instagram for more details!

End-of-Semester Food Drive: Have extra dining dollars? We will be hosting a food drive as the semester winds down with Dining in the convenience stores (Tribe Market and Sadler Exchange). Keep an eye out for collection boxes in these locations!

Staff Assembly Food Drive Wrap-Up: Thank you to everyone who volunteered with us last Monday and Tuesday! We were able to collect and put away over 1,000 pounds of food! 

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply to this email! Thank you to everyone who has attended events or supported from afar this semester, and best of luck with your last week of classes!

Hello Food For All,

Happy Monday! We have two service events this week, plus we will be tabling at Earth Day Bash. Read on to learn more!

Staff Assembly Food Drive Service Events: Today, April 21st at 3:00pm, staff members are dropping off donated food at Wesley (526 Jamestown Rd). Tomorrow, April 22nd at 7:00pm, we will be meeting at Wesley to organize this food. We would love some extra hands! You can find more details on our GivePulse. Even if registration is closed, feel free to stop by and pitch in!

Earth Day Bash Tabling: We will be tabling at the Earth Day Bash on Friday, April 25^th from 1pm-4pm on the Crim Dell Meadow. Stop by to participate in a fun community craft and check out the other organizations tabling!

Elections: Elections for exec positions are coming up in just a couple of weeks! If you are interested in running for an exec position, please reach out to Annamarie (agwarnke@wm.edu) and Bennett (bssnyder@wm.edu) to learn more about the responsibilities of each position. We will also have Associate Chair positions (formerly the member-to-exec pathway) available; keep an eye out at the beginning of next semester for applications. 

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply to this email! We hope that you’ll consider coming to one of our service or tabling events this week!

Hello Food For All,

Happy Monday! We have a couple fun Pride events this week and a couple service events next week to wrap up the Staff Assembly food drive, so we hope that you find an upcoming event to energize you as we enter the last three weeks of classes!

Pride & Food Justice Event: Tomorrow, April 15th at 7:00pm in Chancellors 123, we will be celebrating W&M’s Pride Month with an ice cream social and zine night! The zines will focus on the intersection of food insecurity and the LGBTQ+ community, which Bennett will lead a short informational session on at the beginning of the meeting.

Pride Tabling: We will be tabling at Pride Fest on Friday, April 18^th from 2pm-7pm on the Sunken Garden! Stop by to do a colorful, food-related craft with us and check out the other organizations tabling. 

Staff Assembly Food Drive Service Events: This is the last week of the Staff Assembly food drive! If you would like to contribute, they have put many yellow collection boxes across campus. Next week, we will have two service events: a food drop-off event on Monday, April 21st at 3:00pm, and a food organization event on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00pm. For more information and to register for one or more of these events, visit our GivePulse.

Elections: Elections for exec positions are coming up at the end of the month! If you are interested in running for an exec position, please reach out to Annamarie (agwarnke@wm.edu) and Bennett (bssnyder@wm.edu) to learn more about the responsibilities of each position. We will also have Associate Chair positions (formerly the member-to-exec pathway) available; keep an eye out at the beginning of next semester for applications. 

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to email us! We hope that you’ll consider coming to one of our Pride events this week or a service event next week.

Hello Food For All,

Happy Monday! I hope the rain isn’t getting you down too much. We have just a couple of short announcements for you this week.

Gen Body Meeting: Tomorrow, April 8th at 7:00pm, Annamarie will be leading a presentation about Indigenous food insecurity. Topics will include food insecurity/food deserts, statistics about Indigenous food insecurity, historical context, current disparities/barriers, and more. Hope to see you then at Chancellors 123!

Menstrual Product Tabling: Tomorrow, April 8th, and Wednesday, April 9th, Student Assembly will be tabling on the Sadler Terrace 12-2 with free sustainable menstrual products. You can learn more here. Food For All is not affiliated, we just think it’s cool!

Day for Admitted Students: We will be tabling on Saturday, April 12^th 12-2 on the Sunken Garden as part of Day for Admitted Students. Feel free to stop by, or if you want to help table, reply to this email and let us know!

Elections: Elections for exec positions are coming up at the end of the month! If you are interested in running for an exec position, please reach out to Annamarie (agwarnke@wm.edu) and Bennett (bssnyder@wm.edu) to learn more about the responsibilities of each position. We will also have Associate Chair positions (formerly the member-to-exec pathway) available; keep an eye out at the beginning of next semester for applications. 

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to email us! We hope that you’ll consider coming to this week’s informative gen body meeting!

Hello Food For All,

Welcome back from break! As we gear back up for the rest of the semester, we have a few brief announcements, including tomorrow’s gen body meeting.

Gen Body Meeting: For our general body meeting tomorrow, March 18th, Lauren will be presenting some research she did last semester about tracking usage at our Sadler Food Exchange. Join us at 7:00pm in Chancellors 123 to learn about her procedure and results. This is a great opportunity if you are interested in conducting research, especially research about food insecurity or community service!

Staff Assembly Food Drive: We are partnering with Staff Assembly again this semester to do a massive, campus-wide food drive! The kick-off event is March 31st at 11:30-12:00, so mark your calendar if you’re free! The drive will last for three weeks, and at the end of the drive, we have two volunteer opportunities that you can register for here.

Civic and Community Engagement Grant: Civic and Community Engagement is offering up to $3,000 in funding for summer community engagement experiences. Community Engagement Grants can cover project, community, and living expenses for students completing projects with non-profit/civic partners. Learn more and apply by April 2nd.

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply to this email! We hope to see you at our gen body meeting tomorrow, or at an upcoming service opportunity!

Hello Food For All,

I hope you’re excited about Spring Break next week! We have a couple announcements to round out your pre-Spring Break week.

Food Pantry Staples Dinner: Want to enjoy a free dinner made with ingredients you can find in the Food Exchange or a food pantry? For our general body meeting on Tuesday, March 4th, we’ll be meeting at the Wesley House at 7:00pm to eat a variety of delicious dishes together! If you plan to attend, please RSVP here.

Toiletries Drive: We are partnering with the Office of Sustainability to run a toiletries drive from now until March 6th! Keep an eye out for donation boxes in Sadler, ISC, Swem, and the Business School.

Spring Break Staycation: Wesley and Food For All are teaming up to provide food, service opportunities, and fun activities to folks staying over Spring Break! If you are interested, fill out this form so that we can get a vague estimate of numbers. You can come to as much or as little as you would like. Additionally, reply to this email or send a GroupMe DM to an exec member if you want to get involved in coordinating/running the event!

Staff Assembly Food Drive: We are partnering with Staff Assembly again this semester to do a massive, campus-wide food drive! More information will be released after break, but you can register for volunteer opportunities at the end of the drive here.

College Socialists Tenant Organizing Presentation: The College Socialists reached out asking us to promote their Tenant Organizing Presentation tonight at 6pm in Blow 332. If that would be helpful to you, consider stopping by to learn your rights as a tenant and how to organize your building.

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply to this email! We hope to see you at dinner tomorrow; otherwise, we hope you have a great break, and we’ll see you when you get back!

Hello Food For All,

Happy Monday! We have some great service opportunities coming up for your consideration, including our general body meeting, a community garden event on Saturday, and a food drive kick-off next Monday. Read on for more information!

Gen Body Meeting: In the IKEA/furniture-building mood? The Wesley Food Exchange got some awesome new shelves, and we need help putting them together! For our general body meeting tomorrow, March 25th, we will be meeting at Wesley at 7:00pm to put together the shelves, rearrange the room, and start transferring food to the new shelves.

Community Garden: Wesley and Botany Club are joining forces to create a community garden in the Wesley front yard, which will grow produce for our guests at the Food Exchange. If you would like to contribute, the event starts at 10:00am at Wesley, with a pizza break at 12:00pm. You can sign up to volunteer here. 

Staff Assembly Food Drive: We are partnering with Staff Assembly again this semester to do a massive, campus-wide food drive! The kick-off event is next Monday, March 31st at 11:30-12:00 at Swem, so mark your calendar if you’re free! The drive will last for three weeks, and at the end of the drive, we have two volunteer opportunities that you can register for here.

Update from Dining Hall Workers Appreciation Tabling: A few weeks ago, we tabled with a banner for students to sign with messages of appreciation for dining hall workers. Last week, they put up our banner in front of the Sadler dining hall! Check out the wmdining Instagram post and give it some love!

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply to this email! We hope to see you at one of this week’s service activities!

Hello Food For All,

I hope you had a great 5-day weekend! This week, we are running a toiletries drive with the Office of Sustainability, and we have several big upcoming events and exciting internship opportunities to share!

Toiletries Drive: We are partnering with the Office of Sustainability to run a toiletries drive from now until March 6th! Keep an eye out for donation boxes in Sadler, ISC, Swem, and the Business School.

General Body Meeting: Tomorrow, February 25^th at 7:00pm, instead of doing our usual general body meeting, we will be meeting at Wesley (526 Jamestown Rd) to join Wesley and Students For Rare for their RARI-Tea event! It will be a night of zine making, complete with tea, cookies, and a presentation highlighting Motor Neuron Disease Awareness Day!

Food Pantry Staples Dinner: Want to enjoy a free dinner made with ingredients you can find in the Food Exchange or a food pantry? For our general body meeting on March 4th, we’ll be meeting at the Wesley House at 7:00pm to eat a variety of delicious dishes together! If you plan to attend, please RSVP here.

Spring Break Staycation: Wesley and Food For All are teaming up to provide food, service opportunities, and fun activities to folks staying over Spring Break! If you are interested, fill out this form so that we can get a vague estimate of numbers. You can come to as much or as little as you would like. Additionally, reply to this email or send a GroupMe DM to an exec member if you want to get involved in coordinating/running the event!

Internship Opportunities: Two internship opportunities through Civic and Community Engagement addressing food access in our community have come to our attention!

• Grove Christian Outreach Center: Food Access and Inclusion Intern (In-Person, 400 hours)Support Grove Christian Outreach Center in their efforts to enhance the impact of their services for the community, with focus on improving accessibility and inclusion for individuals using their facilities. You will translate important information into multiple languages, create inclusive documents and signage, develop visual aids for navigation, and create marketing strategies to increase our outreach and grant potential. This is a great opportunity to gain nonprofit and grant experience while strengthening your project management, communication, and inclusion skills. Apply by March 10th using this link.
• Williamsburg Community Growers: Website Development Intern (Remote, 200 Hours)Support Williamsburg Community Growers by improving and updating their website, with special attention to their Community Supported Agriculture page.  As you update and redesign the existing website you will also develop how-to instructions for future WCG volunteers (there is only a staff of one!) to keep the website up to date and utilize templates for graphics and photos. This is a great opportunity to practice and strengthen your digital literacy, technology, and project management skills in support of a local sustainability organization. Apply by March 10th using this link.

Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reply to this email! We hope to see you at our general body meeting this week or at our food staples dinner next week!