Meet our summer interns!

We are excited to welcome 3 summer interns this summer to the CK team!  These interns ensure that CK can remain operational over the summer when our volunteer numbers are really low (wink wink: PLEASE volunteer!)  This year's interns are Emily Bachman, Anna Donze, and Brad Shugoll. Below, read more about them and you won't be able to resist volunteering with them this summer!

Emily is a rising senior interested in Environmental Studies, Food, and the Environment.  Emily has previously worked on food assessment with Aramark on campus and will serve as a SPARC leader in the fall.  This summer she will be overseeing our produce redistribution project in collaboration with the Fresh Market.  She will also be working on food waste and assessment and developing a more efficient food tracking system.

Anna (who is on the right) is a rising senior and an Anthropology major and Environmental Studies minor.  She has previously served as an intern for the Office of Sustainability and Office Manager for Campus Kitchen.  She is also the only returning intern having served as the Food Resourcing intern last summer.  This summer she will oversee cooking shifts and volunteer coordinating.

Brad is a rising senior and a Biophysics major.  Brad will be serving as one of two Student Coordinators for CKWFU for the second year in a row this coming year.  He is committed to service across campus and will serve as the TPE for the Service Theme House next year and as a leader for the SPARC program.  This summer he will be doing research for the Physics Department while also overseeing all delivery shifts.

Turkeypalooza!

Here are some photos from last year's Wednesday Turkeypalooza cooking shift to get you all excited about volunteering with Campus Kitchen in 2012!

Fun fact: We cook 351 pounds of turkey each year for Turkeypalooza!

Green bean casserole!

Volunteers making cards to go with the Turkeypalooza meal deliveries.

Some of our awesome volunteers.

Come volunteer with us this semester!

Olympians.

We watched him dash by the table at Hit the Bricks this year. We almost didn't see him, it was that fast. The bag of bricks on his back didn't even seem to affect him. I felt proud to be a part of the CK hit the Bricks team. my heart swelled with pride.
I always said that Chris Iskander has the body of an olympian, said Carrie.
yes.
and he runs for Campus Kitchen WFU.

CONGRATS CKwfu for 343 laps!!!!!


I was only able to be there at the end of the day but I want to thank everyone who came out and ran, walked or just supported the team!

now start your training for Turkeypalooza.

FOOD WEEK 2011

Aiight y'all, its time for Food Week again, get excited. Im sure that you will be harassed with posters, emails and fb invites but here is a schedule of food week for you fanatics.

Friday April 15: Reynolda Village Farmer's Market/ 10-1pm. (Meet at patio in front of Benson)

Sunday April 17: Lunch Line movie screening/ 7pm Pugh Auditorium

Monday April 18: "Take Time Out!"/ All day, WFU campus

Tuesday April 19: Local Food Activism Panel/ 1-5pm ZSR

Wednesday April 20: Health and Wellbeing Fair/ 2-5pm Reynolda Patio

Thursday April 21: Chili Cook-Off/ 11am-1pm Manchester Plaza (Who really calls it that?...its the Mag Quad)

Friday April 22: Local Farm & Garden Tours/ 10am-3pm, meet in Benson Circle

Alright, pick and choose or go to everything. There isn't a better way to spend the LAST full week of classes!

D.E.S.K!

So, this year VSC and CK WFU teamed up to paint a desk at the annual desk-painting-on-the-mag-quad. Groups and organizations across campus get together every spring to paint a desk for a special kid from Old Town Elementary school. The groups are in charge of getting a desk and then painting in any way that makes their kid happy.
Luckily this year the weather was awesome!
Here are some pics. Enjoy.

P.S>>>> keep an eye out for FOOD WEEK, coming up soon.

TURKEYPALOOZA is upon us!

It's that time of year again! Time for us to give thanks by preparing and serving full turkey dinners to all of our clients (plus a few new ones). We are still accepting turkey sponsorships ($32 a bird) to support our purchase of local, free-range, happy turkeys.

Shifts start tonight (Monday the 15th) and run through next Monday evening. We will be serving The Children's Home (6 cottages! about 120 kids), Azalea Terrace Senior Apartments, AIDS Care services (2 groups homes), and Prodigals Community. If you would like to volunteer, please email ckwfu@wfu.edu or call 758-3705.

And what, your might ask, are we serving (besides the obvious)? This week's menu is:

Turkey (obvi)

Homemade stuffing

Cranberry Sauce

Homemade Pumpkin Cookies

Green Bean Casserole

Gravy

Scalloped Potatoes

Yummmmm. We guarantee it is (almost) as fun and "filling" to prepare these meals as to eat them, come out volunteer! Also, if you don't have time for a cooking or delivery shift, we still really need volunteers for our M-F Fresh Market Produce Rescue shifts from 4-6pm! Just show up in Benson 506 at 4pm and join a shift!

Hunger and Homelessness Week

Ch-Ch-Check it out! the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University is partnering with some great organizations to present Hunger and Homelessness week November 13-19th. We are partnering with Volunteer Service Corps, Student Union, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International, Nourish International, and Wake Saturdays to bring a week of thought provoking events and service. See below for a full listing of events.

Volunteer with Campus Kitchen all week as a part of Turkeypalooza (see schedule under volunteer info for more details) or on one of our 5 Produce Rescue shifts.

Also week-long: Donate money to Samaritans Ministries at locations across campus as a part of their yearly Penny Campaign.

Saturday, Nov 13^th S.O.S (Service on Saturday) with Wake Saturday (feeding homeless downtown)

Monday, Nov. 15^th: Habitat for Humanity (WFU Chapter) Awareness raising: facts posted campus wide about Forsyth County low-income housing/homelessness

Tuesday, Nov 16^th: (Evening) Tuesday Trivia at Shorty’s (Hunger and Homlessness themed)

Nourish International “Beat the Blues out of Hunger” in front of the Pit

Wednesday, Nov 17^th: “Homelessness is not Faceless” Student art and film installation 3-6 in the Green Room

Thursday, Nov 18^th: “Homelessness is not Faceless” Student art and film installation 3-6 in the Green Room

Amnesty International Hunger Banquet in Benson 401D

Friday, Nov 19^th: VSC Friday Facts: facts on Hunger and Homelessness posted campus-wide.