Leftover food from away athletic contests is donated to the Bread & Roses Community Kitchen in Lawrence. For twenty-two years, Bread & Roses has been providing free, nutritious meals to needy families and individuals from the Greater Lawrence area. In an average month, the kitchen serves approximately 5,200 meals. Bread & Roses relies solely on volunteer labor and on contributions from individuals, religious organizations, businesses, community groups, and private foundations.

The Sustainability Office and work duty students keep track of the leftover food and share the data with the community at the end of each season. 

Fall 2006
A total of 817 pounds of food was saved from the trash and delivered to those in need of a free, nutritious meal.  This included 881 apples, 684 oranges and 44 bags of bagels as well as Nutrigrain bars, brownies, bags of carrots and others. 

Winter 2007
A total of 423 pounds of food was saved from the trash and delivered to those in need of a free, nutritious meal.  This included 986 apples, 253 packets of carrots and 43 bags of pretzels as well as Nutrigrain bars, oranges, bagels, raisins and others.