The Campus Kitchens Project is an emerging leader in community service for students and resourceful anti-hunger programs for communities around the country. What we do is kind of a no-brainer. We know there are people in every community who need nourishing meals. And, we know that every college campus has unserved food in its dining halls and brilliant students in its classrooms. So we put them all together.
We empower thousands of students each year to recycle food from their cafeterias, turn these donations into nourishing meals, and deliver those meals to those who need it most. Then, we open up that on-campus kitchen space to teach culinary skills to unemployed men and women, who in turn teach the college students a thing or two about poverty, stereotypes, and what it takes to make it these days. So far, we're at 25 schools around the country: big schools and small schools; rural and urban; colleges and high schools (well, one high school).
Hence, the mission of The Campus Kitchens Project is to use service as a tool to:
• Strengthen Bodies by using existing resources to meet hunger and nutritional needs in our community;
• Empower Minds by providing leadership and service learning opportunities to students, and
educational benefits to adults, seniors, children, and families in need; and
• Build Communities by fostering a new generation of community-minded adults through resourceful
and mutually beneficial partnerships among students, social service agencies, businesses and
schools.
To learn more about how your campus could be involved in this most worthwhile project and teach community service principles and practices to students visit: http://www.campuskitchens.org/national/
You will find a great short promotional video on the home page and lots of information on how to launch a program of your own perhaps!
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