Project 4 Less works to solve both the waste and the want by diverting food from landfills into a food pantry. Each Wednesday evening, 4-5 Project 4 Less volunteers package pre-served food (trays of surplus food that have been prepared but not served) at Ikenberry Dining Hall. On a weekly basis, our operations divert about 260 meals from the landfill to Wesley Food Pantry. At the time of writing, Project 4 Less is the only RSO on campus to engage in food recovery in the student dining hall.

This team is currently in the process of expanding our program to include another packaging night each week in partnership with Daily Bread Soup Kitchen in the spring semester, doubling the amount of saved meals. In the next twelve months, either in the upcoming spring or fall semester, we plan on solidifying our partnership with University Place Christian Church (UniPlace) to add a third packaging night as well. As we increase our financial resources, we envision our project connecting with more dining halls and food pantries, with multiple food packaging nights taking place each week