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    The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee (CKWL) began in 2006 due to the dedication of a senior student, Ingrid Easton. Easton graduated before operations officially began, but her legacy lives on. In April of 2012 CKWL served its 100,000th meal. Meals are served in partnership with community agencies in a manner that best serves their needs- hot congregate meals, refrigerated individual meals, or bags of non-perishable food.

     

    CKWL has made an impact in nutrition education locally for children. Two separate youth organization- the local YMCA summer camp and the Lexington City Office on Youth summer program- are benefiting from CKWL's "Seed to Feed" nutrition education which links to growing food in our organic garden.

     

    The Campus Kitchen also provides the opportunity for students to develop their leadership skills. Each year the student leadership team, composed of 16 members, takes control of the operational aspects of our kitchen's volunteer shifts. CKWL also provides students the opportunity to develop important skills- grant writing, program development, event organizing and health department approved culinary practices.

     

    The focus of CKWL is hunger relief and leadership development, but our kitchen has become a leader in environmentally sustainable practices on campus and in the community. Each week we recycle over 1,000 pounds of food that used to end up in landfills. The food we are unable to serve, such as scraps and leftovers, are composted. CKWL is working to reduce waste, but with the additional purpose of using the available resources in our community to provide a needed service for the hungry in Rockbridge County.

    Campus Kitchen is sponsored in part by the Friends of Rockbridge Endowment, the W&L Executive Committee and the United Way of Rockbridge, Inc.

     

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    • Providence III Preschool
      Last week the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee had the privilege of teaching the students at Providence III Preschool about the importance of eating a variety of vegetables, every color in the rainbow.  Here’s the breakdown: Red fruits and vegetables are great for your heart and circulation Orange vegetables are good for your vision [...]
    • March Operation Update
      Here are the monthly updated statistics from CKWL.   This Month To Date (since 2006) Meals Served 2535 128,546 Volunteer hours 441 22,288 Total pounds of food recovered from all donors 3956 290,846 We are also happy to welcome five new students to the Student Leadership Team.  Congratulations to: Maggie Ackell ’16 Caroline Birdrow ’16 [...]
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