You’re looking at the blog of the Campus Kitchens Project, a groundbreaking initiative that brings colleges, universities and one high school together with student volunteers, on-campus dining services professionals, and community organizations to combat hunger in cities across the United States.
Each Campus Kitchen is hosted by a college or university. Beyond coordinating food donations, Campus Kitchens prepare and deliver meals to area social service agencies, teach basic food preparation and culinary skills to unemployed and underemployed men and women, and provides service learning opportunities for students.
Below is a map of our current locations. National Campus Kitchens are marked with a fork and knive, and affiliate Campus Kitchens have blue markers.
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Looking toward the future, The Campus Kitchens Project will expand its network across the country, not only to colleges and universities, but to any school with a commitment to valuable service experiences for students and resourceful solutions to hunger in the community.
The best part about The Campus Kitchens Project is that all of this amazing work is led by college students–our next generation of leaders, businesspeople, public servants, educators and non-profit professionals. Our student volunteers ARE The Campus Kitchens Project, and their work is what makes CKP tick. You’ll see evidence of this throughout this website. Everything–from food recycling to job training to special initiatives for clients–has the fingerprints of college students all over it.
As volunteer Lori Vincent says, “The greatest joy of volunteering with the Campus Kitchen is that the possibilities are endless.”
Check back often to keep up on what’s happening in our network of 26 Campus Kitchens: we’re celebrating the awesome work we do, sharing useful information about issues that matter to CKP, and inspiring students at new schools to start their own Campus Kitchen. We also encourage you to check out our chapters’ own blogs, which you’ll find on our blogroll.
To learn more about the Campus Kitchens Project, visit our website at www.campuskitchens.org.
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