Campus Kitchen at Marquette

Wisconsin Families Garden (WFG) is pleased to announce its support for Campus Kitchen at Marquette University with donations of fresh produce from the WFG demonstration gardens. The nationwide organization The Campus Kitchens Project has locations at 25 schools throughout America (including two in Wisconsin) and operates according to the following mission statement:

"To use service as a tool to:

•Strengthen Bodies by using existing resources to meet hunger and nutritional needs in our community;

•Empower Minds by providing leadership and service learning opportunities to students, and educational benefits to adults, seniors, children, and families in need; and

•Build Communities by fostering a new generation of community-minded adults through resourceful and mutually beneficial partnerships among students, social service agencies, businesses and schools."


Here in Milwaukee, The Campus Kitchens Project at Marquette University (CKMU) serves over 2,000 meals per month to area residents in need. Also, three times per year CKMU offers Culinary Job Training for under-employed and unemployed men and women in the Milwaukee area.

CKMU is staffed by a dedicated, friendly group of student and community volunteers and is coordinated by Amanda Parrell. If you would like to volunteer or make some other type of donation, please contact Amanda Parrell at 414-288-0342.