The Campus Kitchen “Heart and Soul” Event

From Sunday 2/14- Thursday 2/18 the Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University will host an educational program promoting heart health. We will be cooking up some heart healthy soul food, as well as discussing heart healthy tips and celebrating Valentine’s Day!

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, click on the volunteer tab above to sign up. The program will be located at Campus Kitchen at 3828 West Pine Mall, at the back of Demattias Hall during all the cooking, packaging, and deliver shifts the week of February 14-18th.

Please call the kitchen at 314-977-3881 with any questions.

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MLK Day Canned Food Drive

St. Louis MLK Day Food Drive         

On Monday, January 18th, The Mission Continues and St. Louis University Campus Kitchen will host a food drive to honor the memory of Dr. King and his continuing legacy of service. Volunteers are asked to bring non-perishable food items for the kitchen. Volunteers will also help organize donations and cook a meal that will be distributed to low-income, elderly, and disabled community members. 

    What: Food Drive

    When: Monday, January 18th

              10am to 12pm

    Where: SLU Campus: 3828 West Pine Mall, at the back of Demattias Hall

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Seeking Leadership

If you are a regular student volunteer at the kitchen and would like to get more involved, please consider applying for Campus Kitchen Leadership Team for the Spring semester.  When you have worked volunteer shifts, you might have noticed student leaders on the shift that seem to be in charge of making things go smoothly.  Well these are the Leadership Team members, and they are vitally important to the functioning of the kitchen. The commitment requirements are simple: lead or co-lead one weekly regular cooking, packaging, delivery or food-pick up shift, attend 1 hour-long meeting on Wednesday evenings, and assist with other special projects at the kitchen as needed.  If you would like to apply, the applications will be due by 1/5/10, and interview will take place the first week of the Spring semester.  If you are interested, please e-mail ckslu@campuskitchens.org and we will send you an application over e-mail.  If you have any further questions, call the coordinator Jenny Bird at 314-977-3881.

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Help Over Winter Break

The kitchen is seeking volunteer assistance over the holidays when student volunteers will not be around to take regular shifts.  If you are available to help, please contact the kitchen coordinator at 314-977-3881 or ckslu@campuskitchens.org.

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Turkeypalooza 2009

The Campus Kitchen will be providing complete holiday meals to more than 300 Campus Kitchen clients and their families– over 600 meals in all. Campus kitchen clients are all either low-income, elderly or disabled neighbors to the St. Louis University campus. We are seeking donations of various holiday staples (turkeys, potatoes, stuffing, green beans, etc…) for this event. If you are able to donate food items and would like a more specific list of what is needed please contact 314-977-3881.

There are also some volunteer opportunities to accept donations, cook, and deliver meals. Listed below are the shifts for which volunteers are still needed:

Food Recovery Shifts:

Friday Nov 20^th 9-11, 11-1, 1-3, 3-5

Cooking Shifts:

Friday Nov 20^th 12-3,

Saturday Nov. 21^st 1-3, 4-6

Sunday Nov. 22^nd 3-5

Delivery Shifts:

Monday Nov. 23^rd 3:30-5:30 PM

and Tuesday Nov. 24 3:30-5:30 PM

To sign up for Turkeypalooza or for more information please contact us at 314-977-3881 or ckslu@campuskitchens.org

(*The Campus Kitchen is located at the back entrance of Demattias Hall).

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A Seventy-Nine Cent Loaf of Bread

In line at the grocery store today I was behind a man who looked at his receipt and then questioned the check-out clerk.  He argued that the clerk had charged him 79 cents for a loaf of bread, but that the bread was on sale marked 50 cents.  The only other item in his cart was a carton of eggs.  In his frustration, this man appeared to be struggling with what so many low income people do– the high price of food.  The difference of 29 cents might not seem like much but it was significant to him.

The Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University has full cupboards at the moment (including many extra loaves of bread) but sometimes has trouble getting the food out to the many that need it.  Please consider volunteering your time to make food deliveries this month, particularly if you have access to a car.  You can sign up by clicking the “volunteer” tab on this site.  Call the kitchen at 977-3881 with any questions.

Bread

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Kitchen Karma

Interested in finding out more about CKSLU?

Please join us for “Kitchen Karma”, an open house event on Tuesday, September 15th from 7-9pm.  We will being doing what we do best– cooking (and eating) homemade pizza.  There will be opportunities for both new and returning volunteers to check in with the kitchen, meet other volunteers, take a tour, find out more about volunteering, and see what CKSLU will be up to this year.

To join in the fun, drop by our entrance at the back of Dematt Hall anytime during the event.  If you cannot make the event but are interested in volunteering at the kitchen, click on the “volunteer” tab on this web site and follow the instructions to sign up.

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Ending the Summer With CKSLU

The end of the summer means an abundance of tomatoes and squash here at the kitchen.  It also means anticipation of the start of a new school year with many returning volunteers.  However, in the meantime, we need volunteers to fill in until the regular student volunteers return.  If you are around St. Louis in late August and early September, please consider signing up for one of the volunteer shifts listed below.  To sign up, call 314-977-3881.

Available cooking shifts (4-6 pm): 8/26, 8/31, 9/2, 9/7

Available afternoon delivery shifts (3:30-5 pm): daily, 8/23-8/27, 8/30- 9/3, and 9/6-9/10

Available mid-morning delivery shifts (9:30-11am): 8/25, 9/1, 9/8

A small portion of the summer produce

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Goodbye Tim! New Coordinator Arrival

Campus Kitchen at Saint Louis University says a warm goodbye to Tim Cosentino for his excellent coordination of the program. Tim is moving on to be a full time community member at Karen House, a local Catholic Worker that provides shelter and hospitality to women and children, and a part time volunteer at CKSLU.

The new coordinator will be Jenny Bird who comes to the program from another local social service agency. She looks forward to working with students, volunteers and clients, and to continuing the CKSLU tradition of re-purposing surplus food into great healthy meals for the community.

If you are around this summer please feel free to stop by the kitchen to meet Jenny.

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Summer Schedule

I am very happy to announce that Campus Kitchen and Youthworks will be partnering together for another summer. Youthworks is a non-profit that organizes and leads mission trips for high school students around the country. Here in Saint Louis Campus Kitchen is one of their services site and each week around ten high school students form the volunteer base that allows Campus Kitchen to serve its clients. They will be working Monday through Thursday from 9-3 starting June 15th and finishing August 6th. This means that from June 15th until August 6th Campus Kitchen has most of its volunteer shifts covered. This is a great thing for the kitchen but it also means that the regular schedule is not in effect until after August 6th.

We still have volunteer opportunities available though for those looking to help out over summer.  Sundays from 1-5 are still open for volunteers as well as the late night food pick-ups from Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday at 10:30pm. If you are interested in helping out as a Sunday volunteer, doing a food pick-up, or in some other way email Campus Kitchen at ckslu@campuskitchens.org and we can set something up.

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