KENT, Ohio – Kent State University’s student-run Campus Kitchen is “raising dough” in an online fundraising challenge to benefit hunger relief efforts in Kent.
At the Campus Kitchen students receive excess food from restaurants and grocery stores, cook meals and deliver them to a social service agency.
Students began the project five years ago. In 2016 the kitchen served nearly 17,000 meals in the community, and more than 3,000 volunteers participated in a variety of projects.
Fifty-nine high schools and universities, including Baldwin Wallace and Walsh in Ohio, participate in the Campus Kitchens Project, which was founded by Robert Egger, who opened D.C. Central Kitchen in 1989 in Washington to collect food and deliver meals to local agencies.
The project is hosting the “Raise the Dough” fundraising challenge, which is supported by the Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund, a private fund created by the Craigslist founder to support and connect nonprofit communities.
From Friday through Feb. 24, volunteers with the Campus Kitchen Kent will compete against 25 high schools and universities, including Walsh in North Canton.
Cash prizes totaling $2,500 will be awarded to Kitchens that raise the most money or involve the largest number of individual donors through their online campaign. The Craig Newmark fund will match every donation of $100 or less, up to $7,500.
Students and community members can support Kent’s Campus Kitchen by donating online at razoo.com/story/Ckkent17.
Walsh University is participating in the challenge at razoo.com/story/Ckwu17.
The Kent Campus Kitchen received national recognition last year for recovering what may be the largest food donation in the history of the national Campus Kitchen Project. It received more than $300,000 worth of food from Trader Joe’s, which was moving locations.
The kitchen last summer opened a pop-up market in Ravenna that provided produce and pantry items to families at no cost.
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