The Campus Kitchens Project’s future leaders descended on CKP’s national office last week, August 2 to 4, ready to take in CKP knowledge, organizational techniques, and recipes – among other things – as part as an intensive Boot Camp to prep new and returning coordinators for the upcoming year of operations. Campus Kitchens leaders kicked [...]
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The Campus Kitchens Project Teams up with Baylor’s Poverty Summit, Calls for Presenters
Posted in July 8th, 2010
We’ve mulled over ideas in Minneapolis, mowed through curriculum in Milwaukee – even brought The Campus Kitchens Project to its national headquarters in Washington, D.C. This year, the Campus Kitchens Project’s Annual Conference will bore right to the heart of hunger, visiting its Baylor University site to partner with the annual BU Poverty Summit with [...]
Campus Kitchens Live Chat with Robert Egger Transcript
Posted in May 18th, 2010
Did you miss the live chat hosted at The Kitchen Table, CKP’s soical network? We’ve got the transcript for you here. Have you joined the network yet? Make sure you don’t miss chats like these by signing up. The Kitchen Table Chat: Making Meal Service into a Career of Service Led by: Robert Egger May [...]
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 [...]
Help Feed: Two Nutrition-related Jobs Open, Perfect for Campus Kitchens
Posted in May 17th, 2010
Campus Kitchen’s founder Robert Egger’s recent commencement address at Gettysburg College on May 16 reminds us that several, hard-working Campus Kitchen coordinators, leadership team members and volunteers are graduating, and looking to apply their skills in the real world. We know of two job openings, one in Washington, D.C., the other in North Carolina, that [...]
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. [...]
‘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 [...]
Read, Then Digest
Posted in July 17th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Eating Liberally provides us with the story of a town in Australia has called for a ban on the sale of bottled water. Our friends over at Civil Eats chronicle their adventures in roof-top gardening. La Vida Locavore is excited about Jay Inslee’s new House bill to raise funds and awareness for community gardens. [...]
Read: Then Digest
Posted in July 10th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
A city in Sweden has found a way to easily turn waste into energy. Our friends over at Beyond Bread have started a new “Glean for the City” initiative. They estimate that each volunteer group can glean enough food to feed 1750 people. Michelle Obama and her girls were in Rome this past [...]
Day in the Week of an Intern 2
Posted in June 15th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Today we’re welcoming back our guest blogger Alex Carrick. This is what he had to say about meeting the DCCK President Robert Egger: Last Thursday Robert Egger held a meeting of the V3 Campaign. I was lucky enough to have a seat at the U-shaped table in the confined space that is the DCCK lunch [...]