Just because they temporarily stopped filling backpacks with food for their local elementary school (because, well, there are no kids at school), doesn’t mean volunteers at the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University have stopped filling stomachs in the Lexington, Va. area. Campus Kitchen volunteers are often harder to come by during the summer [...]
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Walmart Foundation Gives $467 million; Some Goes to Campus Kitchens
Posted in April 7th, 2010
Foundations don’t always put their money where their mouth is, but in the case of the Walmart Foundation, they put money – $467 million – where some of the hungriest mouths were in 2009, and a chunk of that change came to The Campus Kitchens Project. The Walmart Foundation released a statement that the parent [...]
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 [...]
Fools Gold? Nope, that’s Compost: Natural Recycling at your Campus Kitchen
Posted in February 19th, 2010
As the snow melts away and our snow boots finally start to dry, it’s safe to say that gardening season is almost upon us. This will be an exciting time for many Campus Kitchens who already have or are starting campus/community gardens. Come Spring, the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University will be using their [...]
The Campus Kitchen Project promotes service across the nation
Posted in January 26th, 2010
Mid-January, 18 projects across the country – sub-grantees of The Campus Kitchens Project – initiated service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some completed projects in one weekend. Others will complete their projects over the course of the semester. These pictures come from a youth program, a high school, a service center, a [...]
Pavo is Spanish for Turkey: Turkeypalooza, by the Numbers
Posted in December 4th, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
Campus Kitchens across the nation were stuffed with activity this Thanksgiving for the annual Turkeypalooza project, a hunger relief initiative mobilizing kitchens to feed thousands on Turkey Day. The Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University tacked on seven extra cooking shifts to roast 20 whole turkeys, which, when coupled with 20 precooked turkey breasts, served [...]
‘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 [...]
CKWLU Gets Food Donation from Local Wal-mart
Posted in September 25th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
9.25: CKWLU connected with their local Wal-mart earlier this month to rescuse many pounds of quality food from its inevitable dumpster destiny. To find out more, check out the full story below. A mere two days before the class of 2013 began to arrive at W&L, I went with Jenny to make CKP’s first food pickup [...]
5 tips for running smooth summer ops
Posted in May 13th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Campus Kitchens are not just student service clubs, but active, essential members of their communities. That means that even when school is out for the summer, Campus Kitchens are still making meals happen. Keeping your Campus Kitchen going through the summer poses serious challenges: dining halls have fewer leftovers or none at all and having [...]
5 things to know about composting at your Campus Kitchen
Posted in March 23rd, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Even for those of us who care about the environment, composting may seem like a big step: it smells, it produces weird sludge, it takes time and muscles to stir. Hopefully this next post, part of our our series on efforts Campus Kitchens are making to be more sustainable, will make it all seem a bit more do-able. [...]