Conference Day 1

The following is a three part account of the CKP Student Leadership conference. (Part 2 of the recap. Part 3 of the recap.) Click here for more first-hand accounts of the conference.

CKP National Conference Day 1
Date: October 5, 2006
Locations: Gonzaga College High School, DC Central Kitchen

On the first day of the conference, the members from Campus Kitchen's across the nation converged at Gonzaga College High School. Coordinators and Leadership Team members from Saint Louis University, Northwestern Unitersity, Marquette University, Gonzaga University, Augsburg College, Minnesota State University at Mankato, Univeristy of Nebraska at Kearny and Wake Forest University all had people attend! It was really incredible to see so many people involved with the Campus Kitchens Project. It was also exciting to meet the people from possible future Campus Kitchens.

We had an orientation from 4-5pm where anyone interested received a tour of our campus. I had three members of our leadership team members take small groups around the grounds.

A tour of Gonzaga's campus.

Afterwards, we had speakers from Gonzaga, the McKenna Center, DC Central Kitchen and the Campus Kitchens Project's national office. Mike Curtin, the Chief Operation Officer at DCCK as well as a Gonzaga graduate, spoke with the 40 or so people in attendance.

Mike Curtin.

Following the speakers, we walked over to the DC Central Kitchen for a taste-testing. At all the different stations, they offered incredible food including pasta with sun dried tomatoes, spinach and cheese, and potstickers. The food is always delicious at the kitchen, and this time was no different!

Salad Station.
Starch Station. Vegetable Station with Becky and Brian.

Overall it was a fantastic first day! The speakers at Gonzaga and the taste-testing at DC Central Kitchen both gave the visitors a brief glimpse of what was to come. The day ended somewhat early, which was nice because we had to meet back at DC Central Kitchen the next day at 6 in the morning!