As the 18 organizations participating in The Campus Kitchens Project’s MLK Day/Semester of Service finalize plans and fire up their ovens, hundreds of volunteers are readying to grab a fork and pitch in, holding inaugural meal services, jump-starting culinary training programs, carpooling to under served communities, and tilling gardens in honor of Martin Luther King [...]
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Top CKP Moments of 2009
Posted in December 31st, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
We cooked. We fed. We conquered.
The family of 20 campus kitchens that make up The Campus Kitchens Project saw a lot of highs and lows, cabbage and carrots, PB&J’s and pastas, tomatoes and turkeys in 2009. The year of an ill economy, swine flue epidemic, and a healthcare overhaul also marked a period of successes [...]
‘New Millennium’ Kick-off
Posted in October 26th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
10.26.09: CKP’s ‘new millennium’ kicked-off this past weekend at the annual Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. There were over 60 attendees representing 17 different Campus Kitchens. The weekend began with the preperation and delivery of the millionth meal served since CKP’s inception 8 years ago. This was a major milestone for the organization and it went [...]
ABP Recognizes 2 Campus Kitchens
Posted in October 1st, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
10.1.09: On September 23rd the Associated Baptist Press highlighted the Campus Kichens at Baylor and Wake Forest University. The article takes a look at the people who are directly involved with the programs at each, featuring quotes from leadership team members and coordinators. At Wake Forest, student volunteer Andy Ronan points out how the Kitchen has been a [...]
CKBU Kicks-Off 2009 with New Kitchen!
Posted in September 15th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
9.15.09: The Campus Kitchen at Baylor University has been up and running for just under a year and is already kicking off the 2009-2010 school year with some major changes. The first of which is an upgrade to a bigger and better kitchen in the Mary Gibbs Jones Family and Consumer Sciences Building. This new kitchen [...]
Apply now for MLK Day of Service 2010 funding!
Posted in May 27th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence,” said Martin Luther King, Jr.
In order to continue his legacy of labor that uplifts humanity, CKP will join with the Corporation for National and Community Service again this year to celebrate MLK Day 2010 as a day of service.
CKP [...]
Today’s Waco, but tomorrow’s Paris: CKBU’s culinary artist shares his passion
Posted in May 7th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
On the opening day of the Campus Kitchen at Baylor University, Andrew Woolridge was in charge. “That first day,” he said. ”We had no idea what we were going to do.” He didn’t know what the kitchen would be like, what food was available, or that it would all be frozen. He did know that he had [...]
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
Posted in March 4th, 2009
by Erin Yudchitz in
The very best thing about being a Program Director with CKP is the opportunity to visit so many new places. It’s kind of like this:
It’s true, my job doesn’t very often take me to glamorous places like Hawaii or New York—okay, I’ve never been to either of those places for work. But to me, the [...]
CKP joins national MLK Service Day movement
Posted in January 26th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
“What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the [...]