The Campus Kitchen Project
The Campus Kitchen at Marquette is an innovative program that brings together students, on-campus dining service professionals and community organizations to combat hunger in Milwaukee.
The Campus Kitchen at Marquette opened in 2003 and is part of The Campus Kitchens Project, a national network of 10 school-based hunger relief organizations.
The Campus Kitchen at Marquette is dedicated to finding creative solutions to hunger through meal distribution, food recycling and education. Volunteers prepare meals on campus and deliver them to agencies and individuals in the community. And they offer more than just meals — volunteers also provide tutoring, mentoring and companionship.
In addition, the Campus Kitchen at Marquette conducts a Culinary Job Training initiative to teach food preparation and culinary skills to unemployed Milwaukee residents.
Program Highlights: September 2004 to September 2006
- 36,000 meals served to seven partner agencies
- 34,000 pounds of food recovered for use in Campus Kitchen operations
- 7,000 volunteer hours devoted to Campus Kitchen initiatives, led by a student leadership team
- Campus Kitchen Spring Break Exchange service trip to Dillard University in New Orleans in the spring of 2005
- 10 graduates from the summer 2006 Culinary Job Training session, breaking the record for The Campus Kitchen Project.
Learn More
• Campus Kitchens National Web site
• Our office is located in the 707 Building, Room 328.
PROFILES IN SERVICE
- CJ. Egalite
- Gabrielle Misfeldt
- Conor Sweeney
- On a Mission: Dr. Chuck Garven
- Hunger Clean-up and
National Service Day - The Whole Community’s a Classroom
- Campus Kitchen
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 14 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
