Yhhap 2025-2026 fast UPDATE
On behalf of the entire YHHAP Team, we appreciate your patience as we work to maintain this long-standing tradition and partnership. Due to changes introduced this semester, this year’s Fast will be happening exclusively in the Spring 2026 semester. We are happy to announce that this year’s Fast will continue with meal-swipe donations and point donations, as well as direct monetary contributions, to support food security organizations in New Haven. Over the donation period of March 4th-6th, students will be able to donate their meal swipes for March 6th, or donate meal points in increments of 5, 10, or 25.
If you are interested in joining this year’s Fast team to coordinate outreach efforts and manage partnerships, please fill out the interest form here by Friday, October 24th.
The Fast would not be possible without student-led efforts, and we thank you again for your patience and support.
ABOUT THE FAST
The Fast is YHHAP’s largest fundraiser of the year, and the largest student-run fundraiser at Yale. This event raises funds from students and the broader Yale community to support three organizations doing critical on-the-ground work to fight hunger and homelessness in New Haven. Your meal-swip donations will support the YHHAP Fast Fund.
All funds raised will be distributed between Haven’s Harvest, Continuum of Care, and New Haven Inner City Enrichment Center.
Students can sign up to abstain from their meal swipes, instead allowing Yale Hospitality to donate that value to the Fast Fund.
how to support Fast
Yale students can support Fast by donating their dining hall meal swipes for the day of April 12. To donate your meal swipes, go to yub.yale.edu, select ‘dining’ from the dropdown menu on the left, and click on ‘Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project’. Then fill out the linked form to donate your swipes! This Fall, donation sign-ups open on April 2 at 8 am and close on April 11 at 8 pm.
Other donations can be made in the form of a direct financial contribution to YHHAP through this website or to our venmo @yhhap-yale.
Both donation pages can be accessed by clicking the buttons below:
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DIRECT AND MEASURABLE IMPACT
Engaging in direct service, we continually work to maximize our positive community impact. With each of our projects, we ensure our service and your support go where the help is needed most.
STUDENT-RUN, COMMUNITY-FOCUSED
As a student group, we are an active community of volunteers. Through partnerships and our nearly fifty-year history, YHHAP has maintained a long legacy of service in New Haven.
METHODS OF DONATION
Along with the donate button above, we also accept checks made out the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project, and Venmo with the handle @YHHAP. If you would like your donation to go toward any specific project, please note.