The longer you are in college the more you start to dread it. As you get closer and closer to graduation, you are met with the same question with an increased sense of urgency: “What are your plans for after college?” Your work with The Campus Kitchens Project could guide you to your future career [...]
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Archive for January, 2011
University of Detroit Mercy Opens First Campus Kitchen in Michigan
Posted in January 28th, 2011
Washington, D.C. – As many Michigan families continue to struggle in a tough economy, students at the University of Detroit-Mercy (UDM) are using on-campus kitchen space and unused cafeteria food to feed families and individuals in need. Thanks to funding from the Walmart Foundation and a campus partnership with Sodexo, the campus dining services company, [...]
Spice Up Your Campus Kitchen with Awareness-Building Events
Posted in January 27th, 2011
Most of what we’ve been seeing lately out our windows is white. Add a little color to your Campus Kitchen – and build volunteer interest – by planning a campus or community-wide event. Many Campus Kitchens already put together activities to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Some are already thinking ahead to the next [...]
Where are all the nutrients? Keeping kids’ snacks healthy
Posted in January 25th, 2011
For anyone who feeds kids (whether they belong to you or some one else), it can often be challenging to keep their snacks healthy. As someone who worked with youth on a farm, I know first hand about how disenchanting nutrient rich fruits and veggies can seem. Too often, I heard the classic: “What is [...]
The Campus Kitchen at East Carolina University Transitions to Student-led
Posted in January 24th, 2011
For Katie Winn who heads the Campus Kitchen at East Carolina University as an AmeriCorps VISTA, transitioning her kitchen to an entirely student-led organization began as soon as she put on her apron to direct the program. “The first step was to get them running the shifts by themselves,” says Winn. “They are now leading [...]
MLK Day: What The Campus Kitchens Project Accomplished in Three Years
Posted in January 20th, 2011
As we wrap up our third year as a MLK Day grantee of the Corporation for National and Community Service, here’s a look at how far we have come in engaging communities across the country to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s national holiday a day on, not a day off. Our network of sub-grantees has [...]
CKP National Staff Visits Washington and Lee University for MLK Day of Service
Posted in January 19th, 2011
Campus Kitchens throughout the United States were leaders in observing MLK Day of Service. The perfect example: the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University (CKWL). The Lexington, Va. campus celebrated the MLK Day of Service by sharing service opportunities with students and opening up the Campus Kitchen to members of The Campus Kitchens Project [...]
The Campus Kitchens Project Screens Community Film for MLK Day Volunteers
Posted in January 18th, 2011
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The Campus Kitchens Project promoted the spirit of service through the power of film. As an official partner of MLK Day Community Cinema screenings, CKP hosted a documentary and discussion at parent organization DC Central Kitchen. Volunteers from Jack and Jill, a group dedicated to creating engaged citizens in [...]
High School students compete in Campus Kitchen MLK Day Cookoff
Posted in January 17th, 2011
Earlier today, as 20 grantees of The Campus Kitchens Project kicked off Martin Luther King, Jr. Day service projects thanks to a grant from The Corporation for National and Community Service, one grantee local to Washington, D.C. delivered hot meals to the community as a result of service completed on Dr. King’s actual birthday, January [...]
MLK Day: The Campus Kitchens Project Funds Programs in 15 States
Posted in January 14th, 2011
Washington, D.C. – This weekend, thousands of student volunteers will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. promoting his legacy by helping their neighbors and community on Jan. 17, 2011. Thanks to funding from the national Campus Kitchens Project and the Corporation for National and Community Service, more than 245 service projects will involve nearly 400 organizations [...]
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Blogroll
- Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College - This is your source for all things CKGC.
- Campus Kitchen at the College of William and Mary
- Campus Kitchen at University of Florida
- Civil Eats - Supporting development and dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad.
- CKP’s Flickr page - Photos from the hallowed halls of CKP
- Farm to Table: the Emerging American Model - A collaborative journalistic forum aimed at strengthening the sustainable and local foods community
- First Helping - The Outreach Program of DCCK, their stories and insights into the streets of DC
- Good Food Jobs - A gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm and intellect.
- Growing Power - Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all
- Robert Egger’s Piece of Mind - DC Central Kitchen founder and CEO, and author of Begging For Change, winner of the 2004-2005 Terry McAdam Book Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Nonprofit Management, blogs about the Kitchen, CKP, and the changing nonprofit sector.
- Slow Food on Campus - Our friends at Slow Food on Campus promote food that’s good, clean, and fair
- Sodexo USA - Our partners at Sodexo USA have entered the blogosphere!
- Stocks, Sauces, and Soul - This blog documents the class experiences of the Culinary Job Training Students at the DC Central Kitchen.
- The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University - The web version of Wake Forest University’s Campus Kitchen
- V3 Campaign - Join the movement to strengthen the nonprofit sector led by Robert Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen.
- W&L Campus Kitchens Project - Find out the latest about the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University.
- Wasted Food - Inspired by a volunteer shift at the DC Central Kitchen, Jonathan Bloom started researching and writing about wasted food in America. His blog is chock-full of information and inspiration for those of us who recycle food.