How does our garden grow?

Very well!  Just this week we’ve picked 20 lbs of tomatoes, 7 lbs of peppers, 13.5 lbs of squash and 8.5 lbs of basil.  Special thanks to our garden coordinators and consistent  volunteers:  Bill , Chris , James , Heather, Seth , Brian, Maya , Morten , and Isis.

True Hero Results

The Campus Kitchen Project received a $1,000 grant from truehero.org for our work in Rockbridge County.  Thank you all for your votes!  If you’d like to know more about True Hero, or to vote for CKP once again, you can visit truehero.org!

Pizza Pizza!

The new to Lexington restaurant Pizza Reddi promises customers fresh pizzas and I can verify that they hold true to that.  Campus Kitchen is the recipient of pizzas that have been held in the warmer beyond the “fresh” limit.  Thank you to everyone at Pizza Reddi for donating to CKP!

When Life Gives You Lemons…

You make lemonade.  When Janet’s Garden in Greenville donates Chicken Feet, CKP took on making chicken stock.  With a little research, I learned that Chicken Feet make great stock because there is very little fat, but the same nutrients in the bones as the rest of the carcass.  Throw in some celery, carrot, onion, spices and let it simmer for four hours and you’ve got yourself a great stock.  Thank you Janet for the feet and the opportunity for a new experience!

July Statistics

Here’s what we’ve done in July!

Meals served:  2,107

Volunteer Hours: 475

Food Recovered:  717.5 lbs