Sometimes graphics speak louder than words. Ever looked around your adopted community and wondered how much families spend on dining out vs. grocery shopping? Campus Kitchens look at factors like these weekly as they decide who to serve, what’s on the menu, and how to infuse a meal drop off with nutrition. Recently, Flowingdata.com, a [...]
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Bringing Service Back at Campus Kitchen at UVM
Posted in May 6th, 2010
Something must be in the food. Campus Kitchens are continually uploading hilarious, creative, student-produced videos to YouTube and other channels, giving us all a glimpse inside the amazing work they do daily at their respective Campus Kitchens. We’ve seen some truly outstanding feats of cinema. Among them: the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University’s old [...]
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 [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins U. Blows Out the Candles on an Avacado Cake
Posted in April 20th, 2010
About a year ago, the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University became the 20th Campus Kitchen to take underutilized resources and drive hunger relief. With nearly 7000 pounds of food recovered, inching closer to 2000 meals served, the Campus Kitchen recently celebrated its one year birthday. “We are such a food orientated organization, so we [...]
Become an AmeriCorps Vista Campus Kitchen Coordinator at Johns Hopkins University
Posted in March 4th, 2010
Jessica Zha, the current AmeriCorps Vista and Coordinator for the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University, will leave her position in July 2010 to pursue medical school. The school just listed the AmeriCorps position on idealist.org. Below, she describes her top five reasons why she loves her job. Also below: the job listing – or [...]
MLK Day 2010: Looking Back on Last Year’s Service
Posted in January 6th, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
CK Blogfiles: Dear CKJHU Leaders, Helpers, Volunteers, and Friends
Posted in December 21st, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
Every Monday, we’ll try to get a first-person account or post from one of our individual campus kitchen blogs featured on the national blog. Jessica Zha, Campus Kitchen Coordinator at Johns Hopkins University, just re-started her kitchen’s blog presence to end out the semester. Read what CKJHU did this semester, at a glance: Dear CKJHU [...]
‘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 [...]
A Presidential Day of Service
Posted in September 22nd, 2009
by Ariel Gold in
On September 12, 2009, Johns Hopkins University commemorated the formal inauguration of its new president, Ron Daniels, with a university-wide Day of Service. More than 1,000 faculty, staff, and students signed up to participate in service projects on campus and in the Community. The Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University sponsored a gleaning trip to [...]