From left are Ann Lloyd, Lakeside Dining Center cashier; Student Association Miss-A-Meal coordinator Alexander Melas, a freshman dual major in business administration and finance; Carolyn Hendrickson, Rescue Mission chief development officer; and Ruth Stevens, director of residential dining for SUNY Oswego's Auxiliary Services.

Since at least the early 1960s, Oswego students have carried the tradition forward, skipping a meal each semester and donating what they would have spent to one or more charitable organizations.