2017 SLI Workshop

1. Using Food as a Tool to Strengthen Communities

2. A little bit of history…
Where did the Campus Kitchens idea come
from?
▶ 2001: DC Central Kitchen & Irreverent Innovation
▶ Share the DC Central Kitchen Model around the country
▶ https://vimeo.com/16663471

3. Jumping In:
The Campus Kitchens Project
▶ Over 4,000 Colleges and Universities
Across the Country
▶ Nearly every single one has
▶ An on-campus kitchen space
▶ Surplus food from dining halls
▶ Active and engaged students
▶ A community that understands its own
needs

4. The CKP Philosophy
▶ 1) Students recover food that would go to waste
▶ 2) Students prepare meals in dining hall kitchens
▶ 3) Deliver meals to those in need in the community

6. Going Beyond the Meal…
We will never “feed our way out of hunger”
▶ Nutrition Education
▶ Community Gardens and Farms
▶ Economic Empowerment
▶ Community Development
9 in 10 CKP Volunteers agree the leadership
skills acquired will make them more likely
to find a job!

7. Start Your Own Campus Kitchen
Student
Support
School
Support
Dining
Support
Community
Support

8. School Support
• Sponsoring Office
• Office of Sustainability
• Office of service/service
learning
• Community Engagement
• Departments
• Environmental Science
• Nutrition/Dietetics
• Social Work
• Administration
• Long term sustainability
• Institutional buy-in

9. Dining Support
• Donated food
• Access to kitchen space
• Storage
• Prep
• Guidance in kitchen
• Liability
• Good Samaritan Act
• Food Safety

10. Student Support
• Student Leadership Team
• existing clubs
• classes
• departments
• Volunteer Base
• Food Recovery
• Meal prep
• Delivery
• Programming

11. Community Support
• Assess community needs
and community assets
• Piggyback off of existing
partnerships
• Reciprocal partnerships
• Shelters
• Food pantries
• After school programs
• Older adult housing
• On campus hunger

12. How to get started
▶ “Getting started” interest form:
www.campuskitchens.org/start-a-kitchen
▪ The Campus Kitchen Center
• Online planning tool
▪ Launch your Campus Kitchen
• Start up grants

13. Launch Grant Video Competition:
This Fall!
▶ Want $5,000 to help start your Campus Kitchen?
▶ If you are looking for the best way to plan your Campus Kitchen and receive funding
for the launch of the program, I would highly recommend qualifying for our
upcoming launch grant video competition. Competing in a grant competition is the
best way to set a strong foundation of support for your Campus Kitchen. To qualify,
you just need to complete these 4 initial steps:
▶ Letter of support from staff sponsor
▶ Letter of support from dining services
▶ Letter of support from students
▶ Letter of intent to sign our contract from administration
▶ https://youtu.be/pkNfvTL-DRg
▶ http://www.campuskitchens.org/grant-opportunities/

14. Boot Camp in Washington, D.C.
August 7-9
▶ Boot Camp is a three day intensive, hands-on training that
focuses on the skills to run a successful Campus Kitchen.
▶ You will have the chance to meet other students from schools
around the country engaged in the same movement.
▶ This is an amazing way to hit the ground running when you
return to your campus in the fall.
▶ We are offering up to $250 for travel scholarships.
▶ Name and email to Hannah at the end of session if you are
interested

15. A Perfect Partnership:
The Campus Kitchens Project & Bonner
▶ A Generation Raised on Service
▶ Lindsey Wilson College: https://youtu.be/tAeYxg1Lq2M
▶ University of Houston
▶ Washington and Lee University

16. The Campus Kitchen at Lindsey Wilson:
Our Start

17. Planning
▶ Spent a whole summer on campus working out the fine details of the
program
▶ CKP provided an online planner through Trello (now CKP uses “The
Center”) which made the process a breeze
▶ Talked with potential partners, clients and local farmers who would be
willing to help
▶ Sent out leadership team applications
▶ Met with owners of grocery stores (here we have Walmart and IGA)
▶ We are partners with our local IGA and recover bread from them every
day
▶ Still figuring out how to use all of the bread we receive!
▶ This has given us a new partnership with the local crisis resource
center
▶ Location: where were we going to store and cook our meals?
▶ How were we going to deliver them?
▶ How were we going to get clients?

19. Launch Weekend and First Recovery

21. Our First Year!

24. Continuing the Conversation
▶ Hannah Schiff
▶ The Campus Kitchens Project
▶ hschiff@campuskitchens.org
▶ www.campuskitchens.org
▶ Abby Biddle
▶ the Campus Kitchen at Lindsey Wilson College
▶ abigail.biddle@lindseywilson.edu