2011-2012 Leadership Team applications for CKJHU now available

Do you want to be a part of Campus Kitchens at JHU?

Now is the time to apply to be a part of the 2011-2012 leadership team.

Get a chance to work with a unique, student-run non-profit organization dedicated to using surplus food from dining halls,

local businesses, and farms to provide nutritious meals for hungry men, women, and children in our community.

At CKJHU there are positions available to suite any interest in food justice from where we source our food to the planning of healthy cooking classes. We are looking for passionate, dedicated students who want to work to reduce food waste and fight hunger and raise awareness about hunger and problems within our food system, all while having a  lot of fun!

Available positions include: Food Resourcing, event planning, cooking shift leaders, delivery shift leaders, and cooking class leaders and many more!

Full descriptions and application for all positions are avaiable in the Join the Movement section our our website!

Applications are due April 18th to abachma2@jhu.edu

~Amy

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Hopkins students explore Food Justice over Spring Break

This past week 10 Hopkins Students stayed in Baltimore for an Alternative Spring Break hosted by the Center for Social Concern, focusing on Food Justice and Poverty in Baltimore. One of two trips known as “Breaking in Baltimore”; the other had a public health focus.  I got to hang out with the group and go with them on their various site visit and volunteer activities!  The week was a lot of fun and an incredible learning experience for all the students involved.  Highlights of the trip include:

• Volunteering with Blue Water Baltimore, Samaratin Women’s Farm, and DC Central Kitchen!
• Site visits at Dogwood Restaurant in Hamden(an amazing restaurant the sources majority of its food locally!), Franciscan Center and Food and Water Watch in DC.
• Speakers from the Center for a Livable Future,  Baltimore GreenSpace and One Straw Farm
• The group also came to help at our Wednesday night cooking shift as well as teaching our classes on Friday! They showed off their food knowledge cooking up an amazing homemade sauce from fresh tomatoes, pepper, garlic and onion, and turkey meat to serve with pasta and a fresh salad on Wednesday. And on Friday they taught the students how to make homemade apple sauce and healthy fruit smoothies!

Here are some photos of the group throughout the week!

Moving mulch at the Samaratin Women's Farm

More of the Mulch crew

Ryan hard at work making a plant bed.

At Food and Water Watch in DC

Kathleen and Sunny volunteering at DCCK

The group having fun at Union Station in DC

It was a great trip, thanks to all our speakers and hosts throughout the week to help us better understand food justice in Baltimore!

~Amy

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Wake Forest ASB at CKJHU!

Last week  I was so happy to host alternative spring breakers from Wake Forest University at our volunteers shifts. The Wake Forest students were here on ASB trip to Baltimore lead by Amy Liang.  As a proud WF Alumi, I was so excited to have some Deacon Spirit invade Baltimore. The students had a busy week, volunteering each morning at the Franciscan Center, as well as visiting Samaritan Women’s Farm.  They also assisted CKJHU  at our gleaning prep shift, Wednesday Cooking Shift and Friday Cooking Classes.

For me having Wake Forest Students come visit me at Campus Kitchens on a spring  break trip truly comes full circle.  To understand this I have to go back to my sophomore year at Wake when I went on a  Alternative Spring Break trip to New Orleans advised by the then Wake Forest Campus Kitchen Coordinator, Jen Baron. During the long trip down Jen and I talked about Campus Kitchens and I got pumped and excited to get more involved with this awesome project.  Long story short: that summer I interned with DC Central Kitchen, came back from abroad my Junior Spring became a cooking shift leader at Wake Forest and rose to executive board positions at CKWFU my senior year. And now here I am coordinating CKJHU for my VISTA year, and it all started over spring break.

Check out some pics of those Demon Deacons cooking with CKJHU:

Two Wake volunteers demonstrate how to season lean turkey meat for our turkey tacos at Waverly Cooking Classes

Trip leader Amy Liang and student Mary assist Taylor in chopping up tomatoes

Big thanks to Wake ASB for coming to visit in Baltimore! Go Deacs!

~Amy

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Support CKJHU in march Matchness fundraiser!

Campus Kitchens across the nation are taking to the (virtual) court for March Matchness.

The competitive fundraising event is a chance to show off your school pride, and make an impact in your community.

For the next 20 days, your support can help us sustain Campus Kitchens for 2011. Over the next 10 days, the top kitchens will move on to the Final Four to be eligible for an additional 10% of the funds you raise from CKP National.

Visit our fundrasier page here http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/CKJHU/campus-kitchens-at-jhu-march-matchness to donate and share the page with your friends!!

Help CKJHU move on to the Final Four!

~Amy

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Peanut, Peanut Butter and Jelly!

Everyone loves a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, especially CKJHU, we are happy to be back to our sandwich making habits. This Thursday CK student leader, Diane Hwang and I got our gloved hands dirty and whipped out 206 PBJ sandwiches and put them in sack lunches that included peanuts or other healthy snacks.

These Sandwiches were prepared at the Franciscan Center to be handed out on Friday’s as a part of their Warm Welcome Friday’s.   Since they are not open for lunch on Friday’s the Center is now open in the mornings to serve pastries, coffee and offer clients a sack lunch. Campus Kitchens is thrilled to be a part of this new initiative.

emerging from the PBJ stacks

Diane setting up our PBJ making station

stacks and stacks of PBJ yummmm

Do you have awesome PBJ making skills you want to show off? Come volunteer at our next PBJ shift and see how many stacks you can make

When: Thursdays 3-5pm, meet at the CSC at 2:45 for transportation to the Franciscan Center.

E-mail ckjhu.volunteer@gmail.com to sign up!

~Amy

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Real Foods Conference in Boston

This weekend I traveled with students involved in Real Foods Hopkins to Northeastern University for the Real Foods Challenge Food and Justice Summit. The Summit brought together over 500 students from universities and high schools all across the north east to unite young leaders in the food justice movement. We attended workshops, heard inspiring speakers and met other people engaged in exciting food activities on their campus and in non-profits.

Real Food Hopkins is a new student group committed to bringing local, sustainable, humane, and fair food to the Johns Hopkins campus and the surrounding Baltimore area through organizing food advocacy and awareness events, cooperating with the larger food movement, maintaining a sustainable campus garden, promoting community-based learning about food and where it comes from, and donating fresh produce acquired to organizations like Campus Kitchens that feed the local hungry.

Campus Kitchens and Real Foods both have similar missions in food justice and I hope to see more collaboration between our groups in the future!

If you want to get involved with Real Foods Hopkins please contact Raychel Santo at rsanto1@jhu.edu

Part of the Real Foods group at the conference!

~Amy

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Gleaning Prep in action

Ever wondered what really happens when CKJHU volunteers come to the Franciscan Center to help out with gleaning prep? Then check out our newest video upload to see our volunteers in action chopping up fresh cabbage for the chefs to use in their daily meals! These volunteers are crucial in helping the chefs to incorporate fresh produce into each meal, making the food they serve healthier, which goes right in line with our mission at CKJHU, making healthy, fresh food available to all!

~Amy

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Go Bananas!

This past Friday, Campus Kitchens went Bananas with their club Friday Healthy Cooking Classes with Waverly Middle School.  Volunteers from Hopkins, including two graduate public health students, came out to teach the students how to make 2 fun and healthy snacks from a classic fruit: bananas!

We made Banana Muffins and Peanut-Butter Banana Smoothies! Click on the link to see the recipes!

Volunteer, Diane Hwang, assisting students in mashing the bananas!

Volunteer, Kim Amundsen also creator of the two banana recipes, assisting a student.

Finished product!

Thanks to the volunteers who came out to teach the lesson! If you want to get involved with these cooking classes or have fun recipe ideas, e-mail me at abachma2@jhu.edu!

~Amy

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Warm Welcome Friday’s

Campus Kitchens came out to help the Franciscan Center prepare sandwiches for Warm Welcome Friday’s! Soon this Thursday afternoon shift will become a regular volunteer activity for Campus Kitchens, stay tuned for exact volunteer times and how you can be involved in helping the Franciscan Center give out lunches to those in need! Thanks to volunteers that helped out!

~Amy

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Incredible Edible Vegetables

Who say’s kids don’t eat vegetables? After Friday’s cooking class, students at Waverly Middle School sure won’t be.  Volunteers, Margaret, Daniella, Sara and I showed students how to make veggies fun and delicious.  The idea was simple: add Ranch dressing and a bit of fun.

Incredible Edible Veggie Bowls:

Slice Red Bell Pepper half-wise, and remove seeds and insides, you now have 2 “bowls”. Fill the bowls with ranch dressing, cut up healthy carrots and celery and you have edible veggie bowls AND kids eating their vegetables!

Two residents of Stadium Place joined our class Friday to share and learn about healthy eating and of course enjoy some fresh veggies!

~Amy

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