As Campus Kitchen students prepare their whisks for a new year of cooking up some service, we wanted to share some footage of a fabulous event the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College put on last year to celebrate reaching 10,000 meals served and 20,000 pounds of food recovered. The video highlights the “10 Ton Relay”, [...]
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Robert Egger’s “Gettysburg Address” Highlights Campus Kitchens
Posted in May 18th, 2010
Yes, it’s true. D.C. Central Kitchen and Campus Kitchen’s very own Robert Egger gave the Gettysburg Address this past weekend — the Class of 2010 Gettysburg College commencement address, that is. D.C. Central Kitchen staff were not present to film the speech, but luckily one proud audience member/YouTube user captured almost every word on camera [...]
A Federal Source of After School Meal Funding for Campus Kitchens
Posted in May 11th, 2010
In Lexington, Va., Campus Kitchen volunteers are sending children home with backpacks full of nutritious snacks on weekends. Further north, in Gettysburg, Pa., Campus Kitchen students teach middle schoolers nutrition and computers with an innovative dual curriculum created for its “Virtually Delicious” program. A Rockville, Md. Campus Kitchen recently taught families with young children tips [...]
D.C. Central Kitchen’s Robert Egger Talks Life Beyond the Campus Kitchen in Live Chat
Posted in May 7th, 2010
Without Robert Egger, the night club enthusiast turned hunger-relief leader and non-profit advocate, Campus Kitchens would be little more than that place to refuel between classes. The man who strives to empower voices in a new generation of service-oriented, “dot orgs”, also conceived and created The Campus Kitchens Project, modeling the national program after D.C. [...]
A Virtually Delicious Program Wraps up at Campus Kitchens
Posted in April 28th, 2010
At the end of February, the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College booted up two fresh initiatives as part of an MLK Day Service Project grant from The Campus Kitchens Project. The Virtually Delicious program takes place in collaboration with The Center/ El Centro, an after school program for first through eighth graders. The series of [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College Delivers 10 Tons of Excitement
Posted in April 26th, 2010
The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College has already logged over 2,142 volunteer hours, driven over 3,156 miles to collect food donations, acquired 20,000 pounds of food and served over 10,000 meals. It comes as no surprise, then that this group spent time and funds on a day-long Earth Day campus event to celebrate their Ten [...]
11 Campus Kitchens Named Among America’s Greenest Colleges
Posted in April 23rd, 2010
Even though Earth Day is behind us, Earth Day celebrations, especially those by Campus Kitchens, are still full of life. A report released by The Princeton Review in time for Earth Day, April 22, gives Campus Kitchens one more reason to celebrate: eleven CK sites were named in a list of the Greenest Colleges in [...]
Campus Kitchens Reach Tens of Thousands Milestones
Posted in April 21st, 2010
Ten is a favorite number of Campus Kitchens right now; many are hitting – or close to hitting – 10,000/100,000 meals. What are the most recent Campus Kitchen’s to hit a milestone up to? Gettysburg 10 Ton Event It’s only fitting that, just as we reach Earth Day 2010, the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College [...]
Campus Kitchens give Meals, Programs an Earth Day Twist
Posted in April 9th, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Campus Kitchens across the country are eco-focused and eco-friendly, recovering unused food from school cafeterias and restaurants while providing nutritious meals to their communities. With April events nation-wide, below are Earth Day examples from three cities: Pennsylvania: Celebrating nutritious recovery of 10 tons of food and serving its 10,000th meal, the Campus [...]
Campus Kitchens In-Kind Grant Opportunity for Reusable Containers
Posted in March 12th, 2010
Recently, the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College secured reusable plastic containers to replace Styrofoam shells for serving in their kitchen. Since then, several Campus Kitchens have followed suit, including the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University who will use plastic containers donated and washed by their dining services. The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee [...]