Invitation to Meeting for Healthy Vending

There will be a meeting held on November 30th at 12:00p.m. in the Geology Building room 102 to discuss the idea of healthy vending on Wichita State University’s main campus. We are inviting the following:

• The student body of WSU
• The Vice President of Finance, Mary Herrin
• The director of h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending, Sean Kelly
• All of our community supporters

In this meeting we discuss the benefits of adding healthy vending machines including the low costs and large profits and how the start of a healthy lifestyle will benefit everyone attending the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you all there!

Healthy Vending for WSU Committee Survey Results

The results of the survey were positive and very useful to us. An overwhelming majority said they would use the healthy vending machines. The top three favorite food choices for the healthy vending machines were the Builder Bar, Lara Bar, and Organic Chocolate Chip Cookies. Rhatigan Student Center, Wallace Hall, McKinley Hall, Heskett Center, and Lindquist Hall were selected as the preferred locations on campus for the new machines. We asked how many times you would use these machines a week, and were very happy with the results; 85% said they would use the machines 3-4 times a week or more.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this survey and everyone in the Healthy Vending for WSU Committee who helped put this survey together.

Healthy Vending for WSU Committee Survey

The Healthy Vending for WSU Committee would like your thoughts and opinions on adding healthy vending machines at WSU’s main campus. We have a few questions we would like to ask you to answer. Please add a comment below with your answers.

1. If healthy vending machines were available, would you use them? Please mark your answer.

a. Yes
b. No
c. Maybe



2. What healthy Choice foods would you like to be able to choose from? Please mark your two favorites from this list:

a. Builders Bar
b. Clif Bar
c. Crispy wheat Crackers
d. Honey Gram Sticks
e. Lara Bar
f. Luna Bar
g. Mojo Bar
h. Organic Chocolate Chip Cookies
i. Pop chips
j. Stonyfield organic yogurt


3. Where do you think the first five machines should be located? Please mark your top five location choices:

a. Ablah Library
b. Ahlberg Hall
c. Charles Koch Arena
d. Clinton Hall
e. Engineering Building
f. Geology Building
g. Henrion Hall
h. Heskett Center
i. Hubbard Hall
j. Jabara Hall
k. Lindquist Hall
l. McKinley Hall
m. National Institute for Aviation
n. Rhatigan Student Center
o. Wallace Hall


4. How often you would visit these machines in an average week? Please mark your best estimate:

a. Less than 1 time a week
b. 1-2 times a week
c. 3-4 times a week
d. 5 or more


Thank you for taking this survey. If you have any other helpful suggestions please leave a comment below.

Healthy Vending at WSU in the News!

We did it! We made the newspaper! The following is the article posted on Carrie Rengers’ Have You Heard? blog on the Wichita Eagle website.

HEALTHY VENDING AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY

WICHITA, KS, NOVEMBER 5, 2010: Studying for a college exam can be hard these days. There is a simple way to help students study and perform better on exams: healthy snacks. The Healthy Vending for WSU Committee was formed by a group of WSU students and they are gaining support from fellow students and faculty members to add these machines on campus.

In their proposal, the current snack machines will stay where they are. Five new vending machines offering healthy snack options will be available at convenient locations across the main campus. The machines would be leased from the leading healthy snack machine company in the USA offering incentives for leasing, including tax breaks and keeping all profits. The existing vending contract will cover all maintenance and keep the snack machines stocked at all times at no additional cost. Electricity usage will be minimal as the machines are more energy efficient than the existing machines.

“It’s foolproof, really. With little initial expense, the potential for profit for WSU’s pocket is outstanding.” says Sarah Aaron, Healthy Vending for WSU Committee member.

The group has created a blog at www.WSUhealthyvending.blogspot.com for students and the public alike to follow along on their progress in bringing healthy vending options to WSU’s main campus.

To become a member of the committee or provide assistance in achieving this goal, contact the Healthy Vending for WSU Committee at WSUhealthyvending@hotmail.com.


This article should bring much needed publicity to add these healthy vending machines to our campus. Thank you Carrie Rengers for publishing this on your website; we appreciate the support the community has shown.

Our next step is to organize a meeting with WSU Board Members, Vice President of Finance, students and members of the community.

Keep checking back for more information and keep eating healthy snacks!

We Need You!

The Healthy Vending for WSU Committee is currently looking for students who are willing to participate in a healthy choice food survey. We are trying to get as many students’ thoughts and opinions as possible, and would enjoy any support you could give us. A survey will be available for all participants to complete from the 8thth of November till the 12th. Your help is needed to provide healthier choices to the students, so check back often to vote!

Welcome to the Future of Healthy Vending

A group of students at Wichita State University recently joined together to form the Healthy Vending for WSU Committee. We are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the student body by making healthy vending options readily available to students on the main campus.

Our goal is to institute five new, healthy vending machines permanently across campus with the possibility of expansion. Never fear, these new machines will not replace existing machines but will be merely additional.

However, to get this project up and running, we’re going to need your help in the near future with small volunteer opportunities. If you are interested in helping out, please check back on November 5th for more information. We look forward to working with you.