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Cafe Fast Procedure

If you are interested in participating in a Cafe Fast please read the guidelines below and contact the CSA Vice-President.

 The Cafe Fast programs will allow students to give up one meal in exchange for $2.20 per meal. 

Café Fast Procedure for Meal Plan Donations 

Revised March 10, 2009

  1. CSA gives approval at Monday Senate meeting.
  2. CSA notifies Bon Appetit (aalbritt@carleton.edu) and Campus Services (onecard@carleton.edu) on Tuesday.  The following information in required:
    • CSA contact
    • Name of organization to receive donation
    • Date of Café Fast lunch donation (no earlier than the 3rd Friday after CSA approval). NOTE:  A Friday lunch will always be the meal donated and there will be a maximum of three Cafe Fast events per term.
  3. Campus Services prepares Web form and notifies CSA contact by Friday of that week.
  4. CSA contacts Web Services if assistance is needed to link the Web form to a specific CSA Web page.   
  5. Student group tables Monday through Friday of the following week.   
  6. Signup period ends at least 72 hours before the event. 
  7. Campus Services removes the web form and provides Bon Appetit with an estimate of participation.   
  8. Campus Services processes donation transactions the morning of the Cafe Fast event.
  9. Café Fast lunch occurs no earlier than the 3rd Friday after CSA approval.   
  10. Campus Services sends documentation to Bon Appetit.