Campus Kitchen Planning Session, presented by Maureen Roche

Sara Kandler, Coordinator, Marquette University

We talked about ways our kitchens can collaborate in regards to fundraising and programming. It was great to brainstorm with another CK. It gave us insight into the way CKGCHS operates and allowed us to throw around a number of different fundraising opportunities. Both of our CKs have a plan for integrating fund cooking and nutrition education into our sites. We were each able to expand upon the basic ideas we had for nutrition education to create programs that will be more fun and active to serve the needs of our clients.

Andrew Super, Gonzaga College High School

We learned from CKs across the country. We learned about a number of potential solutions to some of the issues pertaining to our home kitchens. For example, we explored establishing a nutrition education program. We will take back a targeted plan and agenda for a nutrition education program and a partnership with Marquette.

Melissa Caron, Washington & Lee University

I worked with members of the William and Mary Campus Kitchen to come up with a joint fundraising/awareness campaign. Both of our campuses have great ideas for fundraising and it was helpful to brainstorm. Tow minds were totally better than one! I gained a lot of insight into what has worked for them in fundraising and hope to bring those ideas to my campus. I will take back the plan we developed and plans to remain in contact about future ideas.

Cody Waldman, University of Nebraska at Kearney

By talking with Gonzaga University and Northwestern, we figured out quickly that any promotional campaign for CK will have to unique to each school. The biggest ways we can support one another are by sharing ideas and by keeping each other on task while working towards our goals.

Abby Crick, Northwestern

We discussed challenges, needs and possible solutions at individual campuses. We paired up with a school that has similar needs and discussed possible project ideas. I learned about publicity ideas and what does/does not work at other CKs. Northwestern will make use to the CK logo more and be creative with advertising- use out of the ordinary techniques (e.g. forking the lawn).

Rebecca Teichmann, Coordinator, Gonzaga University

The activity let us brainstorm our challenges and then collaborate with other schools to find solutions. The beautiful things about the CKP Leadership Conference is that like-minds can come together to solve the challenges we all face at one time or another!