Campus Kitchens throughout the United States were leaders in observing MLK Day of Service. The perfect example: the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University (CKWL). The Lexington, Va. campus celebrated the MLK Day of Service by sharing service opportunities with students and opening up the Campus Kitchen to members of The Campus Kitchens Project [...]
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The Campus Kitchens Project Screens Community Film for MLK Day Volunteers
Posted in January 18th, 2011
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The Campus Kitchens Project promoted the spirit of service through the power of film. As an official partner of MLK Day Community Cinema screenings, CKP hosted a documentary and discussion at parent organization DC Central Kitchen. Volunteers from Jack and Jill, a group dedicated to creating engaged citizens in [...]
High School students compete in Campus Kitchen MLK Day Cookoff
Posted in January 17th, 2011
Earlier today, as 20 grantees of The Campus Kitchens Project kicked off Martin Luther King, Jr. Day service projects thanks to a grant from The Corporation for National and Community Service, one grantee local to Washington, D.C. delivered hot meals to the community as a result of service completed on Dr. King’s actual birthday, January [...]
The Campus Kitchens Project Prompts Service from Coast to Coast for MLK Day
Posted in January 10th, 2011
With a week to go until volunteers around the country engage in a national day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 20 MLK Day grantees are preparing for service projects under the guidance of The Campus Kitchens Project. These projects stretch from Alabama to New Jersey, out to Utah and Washington. [...]
Service-Learning Grant Opportunity for Campus Kitchens
Posted in August 26th, 2010
Campus Kitchens participate in some aspect of service-learning every day – and most of them either are housed on a public school campus or somehow work with a public school through a community partnership. As State Farm and Youth Serve America announced today, these Campus Kitchens are also eligible for a $1,000 grant to complete [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Lee University Hosts a Block Party
Posted in March 9th, 2010
With the first signs of Spring, students from the Campus Kitchen at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn. celebrated by teaming up with Anthropology and Sociology majors, as well as the Lee University soccer team to host a community block party for residents they rarely get to connect with while living on campus. Using funds from [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College Goes Virtually Delicious
Posted in March 8th, 2010
The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College recently jump-started two innovative programs for a community partner with funding from its MLK Semester of Service grant. Below, coordinator Megan Crowe tells how they did it… The first Virtually Delicious lesson with local youth from The Center/El Centro, an after school program for children in first through eighth [...]
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 [...]
A Look Inside D.C. Central Kitchen
Posted in January 25th, 2010
Wondering what’s behind the doors of D.C. Central Kitchen, The Campus Kitchens Project parent organization? Curious about how they gathered volunteers this past MLK Day? Here’s a quick look at what goes on, with inspiration (we hope) for volunteers at your Campus Kitchen. In this video: Cindy Slavantis, state office manager at The Corporation for [...]
50,000 Meals for Haiti
Posted in January 22nd, 2010
1.22.2010: This past Wednesday, one of our MLK Day sub grantees – Duke University’s Center for Civic Engagement in Durham, North Carolina, made some last minute changes to their distribution plan and sent 50,000 meals to the people of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. The original plan was to prepare 50,000 nutrient-dense dehydrated rice and soy based meals [...]
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- Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College - This is your source for all things CKGC.
- Campus Kitchen at the College of William and Mary
- Campus Kitchen at University of Florida
- Civil Eats - Supporting development and dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad.
- CKP’s Flickr page - Photos from the hallowed halls of CKP
- Farm to Table: the Emerging American Model - A collaborative journalistic forum aimed at strengthening the sustainable and local foods community
- First Helping - The Outreach Program of DCCK, their stories and insights into the streets of DC
- Good Food Jobs - A gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm and intellect.
- Growing Power - Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all
- Robert Egger’s Piece of Mind - DC Central Kitchen founder and CEO, and author of Begging For Change, winner of the 2004-2005 Terry McAdam Book Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Nonprofit Management, blogs about the Kitchen, CKP, and the changing nonprofit sector.
- Slow Food on Campus - Our friends at Slow Food on Campus promote food that’s good, clean, and fair
- Sodexo USA - Our partners at Sodexo USA have entered the blogosphere!
- Stocks, Sauces, and Soul - This blog documents the class experiences of the Culinary Job Training Students at the DC Central Kitchen.
- The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University - The web version of Wake Forest University’s Campus Kitchen
- V3 Campaign - Join the movement to strengthen the nonprofit sector led by Robert Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen.
- W&L Campus Kitchens Project - Find out the latest about the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University.
- Wasted Food - Inspired by a volunteer shift at the DC Central Kitchen, Jonathan Bloom started researching and writing about wasted food in America. His blog is chock-full of information and inspiration for those of us who recycle food.