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 [...]
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School Spotlight: How to Secure Sponsorships
Posted in January 11th, 2010
1.8.10: This week St. Andrew’s Episcopal High School, one of our MLK Day sub-grantees and soon to be Campus Kitchen, secured an amazing in-kind donation from a generous DC Central Kitchen supporter. A local Marriott Hotel will be donating all of the food for the first 150 meals prepared by SAES on MLK Day and [...]
‘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 [...]
Guest Post: Ariel Gold
Posted in August 11th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Economic times may be tough, but that doesn’t mean all funding sources have dried up. Even when bank accounts are shrinking, people want to play a role in the development of their community. Prospect fundraising identifies potential donors who are interested in supporting what you do and engaging in meaningful opportunities at your Campus Kitchen. [...]
What would you do with $11,000.07?
Posted in May 11th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
How about open a Campus Kitchen? For all the recognition we’ve been getting ranging from our award winning volunteers to coverage by NPR, our students continue to impress their communities. Just a few weeks ago, another university that is working towards opening a Campus Kitchen was recognized by a local community group. Share on Facebook
Hunger Banquet an Oxymoron?
Posted in April 21st, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
I got to make my first trip into the state of Indiana last week. And as I get a chance to go all over the country I realize that many parts of our country are much the same. Everywhere the Campus Kitchens Project goes there are always active students looking to make a difference in [...]
UVM Food Summit: “A meal isn’t just about a meal”
Posted in April 20th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
There are a lot of reasons I’m passionate about food. One of the main ones is that if we begin talking about food, before long we might be talking about hunger or social class or farming or animal rights or something I’ve never even heard of. In other words, food is a delicious way to expand our consciousnesses. Or, as [...]
Guest Blog: Cake, Cake and More Cake
Posted in April 7th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Christine Nemetz, the Campus Kitchen Coordinator from CKGC, shares the details from an event earlier last Friday. Last Friday, the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College proved that they really “Take the Cake.” During a lunch hour fundraiser, CKGC raised over $330 and crowned the CKP Cake Champions! The event included a cake bake-off competition, cake [...]
Our first-ever guest blog post, from our brand-new Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins
Posted in February 3rd, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Last week, Campus Kitchens at Johns Hopkins used an annual stand-up comedy show for good instead of evil… Well, that was what the show’s director said when he introduced two of our members to tell the audience who we were and that we wanted their money. The show is part of a class that the [...]