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Archive for March, 2009
Guest Blog: Getting gleaning going
Posted in March 31st, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Guest blogger Jamie Schuman wraps up our series on sustainability with a post on the gleaning program at CKP’s parent organization, DC Central Kitchen.
I’m back to tell you about DCCK’s new gleaning program. Here’s how it works: we take volunteer groups to local farms. They pick produce, which we then bring back to the Kitchen. [...]
The Campus Kitchens Advocates
Posted in March 30th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
On Thursday night, at the City Plan Board Zoning Meeting an intense debate raged on. The local Community Center, Saint Francis House, was having it’s two special use permits up for renewal. One of the permits allowed them to house 35 homeless and the other allowed them to serve 130 meals as a Food Distribution [...]
Hopping at Hopkins
Posted in March 29th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you see one more awesome thing going on at CKJHU. Movie stars for sure!
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Read, then digest: from tent cities to national service
Posted in March 27th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Desperate tent city revival for America’s homeless: In Sacramento, near the American River, homeless people live in a tent city that recalls those of the Great Depression. Here’s more coverage from the New York Times and an piece from from Slate.com that provides some historical background on squatting in the U.S. and puts forward innovative strategies cities might use to deal with root causes.
Food bank [...]
GYSD 2008: Combining knowledge and service at CKNU’s First Annual High School Leadership Conference
Posted in March 26th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Plans for Global Youth Service Day 2009 are in full swing: Check out what people across the country are doing to serve their communities and read on to find out what’s going on at the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University.
You are a single mother with 3 children, a 3 year-old, 9 year-old and 13 year-old. [...]
NSD Update: A Visit to UCF
Posted in March 25th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Now if you had to guess where this was, you probably wouldn’t say the middle of the UCF Campus. But then again you’d be wrong.
I just spent the last two days at UCF meeting with various students, administrators and faculty on campus. I have to say, they were great. There were some initial concerns about [...]
Guest blog: Alt proteins make for cheap eats
Posted in March 24th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Guest blogger and Eastern Region Program Director Ariel Gold talks about how eating less meat can mean saving more dollars. And with CKP’s new Alternative Proteins Cookbook, it’ll taste great,too!
The talking heads on all of the news network shows have been throwing out ominous economic buzzwords. You don’t need to turn on a TV or [...]
5 things to know about composting at your Campus Kitchen
Posted in March 23rd, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Even for those of us who care about the environment, composting may seem like a big step: it smells, it produces weird sludge, it takes time and muscles to stir. Hopefully this next post, part of our our series on efforts Campus Kitchens are making to be more sustainable, will make it all seem a bit more do-able.
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Read, then digest: From forced to leave empty-handed to the city that ended hunger
Posted in March 20th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Food giveaway sites draw crowds, many forced to leave empty-handed: In case you weren’t convinced that our work is necessary, here’s yet another story about a strapped food distribution site; this time, a few dozen people were even turned away. Says the community services coordinator for ACTION Inc.
This, to me, is just a sign of [...]