Campus Kitchens is a national non-profit that has student-led chapters at 67 campuses across the country, with more on the way. The program rescues would-be wasted food and transforms it into free healthy meals. The Auraria Campus kitchen idea is kicking off with $4,000 from a student-led participatory budgeting process. There will be a regional summit on Friday, April 26th from 10:00-4:00 where students and faculty can learn more about the program, access training, and build community with other schools in Colorado creating their own Campus Kitchen pro-gram.
Ways to get involved:
Teach a class or run a program - Consider integrating class curriculum into volunteer opportunities, research projects, or marketing campaigns.
Have access to a commercial kitchen or possible food donations - Consider partnering with our Auraria campus Kitchen to help move the project forward.
Volunteer - When we launch in the Fall we will need volunteers that participate in food recov-ery shifts, food transformation shifts, and food distribution shifts.
Have an idea for a workshop or training for the Regional summit? Let us know!
If you would like to be added to the Campus Kitchen listerv, participate on April 26, and/or get more involved please email coby.wikselaar@ucdenver.edu.