Campus Kitchens at Atlantic City
The Campus Kitchen Project has ended but here is a history of the partnership at Stockton!
2018 - 2019 Volunteers, Student Fellows, and Interns
Created in 2010, the Campus Kitchen at Atlantic City has recovered over 17,000 pounds
of food and served over 16,000 meals to families in need in Atlantic City, Pleasantville, and Galloway, New Jersey, over the last six years.
In 2019, the Campus Kitchens Project decided to step away from managing its national network of Campus Kitchens including our Campus Kitchen at Atlantic City.
The SCCESL continues to operate a Kitchen at Atlantic City High School, maintaining its multi-community partner model in which each partner's role is critical to the success of the overall program. See the list of partners below.
On Monday mornings, fresh food is recovered from donors and delivered to Atlantic City High School's commercial kitchen for preparation.
On Monday afternoons, meals consisting of a protein, starch, vegetable and fruit are prepared between 2:00-4:30 pm. The food is then packaged and delivered. Approximately 10-15 high school and university student volunteers staff the kitchen under the supervision of a professional chef and prepare 150 meals per week.
What can I do to help?
There are a number of ways you can assist the Kitchen at Atlantic City in its mission to provide nutritious meals to needy children and their families. You can sign up for a specific day - the description of our process below.
Monday afternoons from 2:00-4:45pm. Stockton students are needed to help prepare meals under the supervision of professional chefs, help place meals in transport containers and clean the kitchen. Stockton students and SCCESL Student Fellows then deliever the meals to various locations in Atlantic City and Pleasantville. Stockton University and Atlantic City High School students work together. A total team should consist of 10-20 Stockton and ACHS students.
Join our Team! Check out the Community Partners for the Kitchen in Atlantic City
Partner #1: Stockton University is the coordinating partner that 1) sets the food collection, cooking, and delivery schedules, 2) recruits college student leaders for the cooking and delivery shifts, and 3) keeps records of food and kitchen activities in accordance with food safety guidelines.
Partner #2: Atlantic City Board of Education approved the program to use Atlantic City High
School as a base and provides funds for kitchen supplies and materials.
Partner #3: Atlantic City High School approves teacher managers to recruit and staff the program with volunteer high school students for preparation and plating shifts and to work with students on fundraising activities for the Kitchen at Atlantic City.
Partners #4: Sodexo Foods contributes the use of its commercial kitchen at Atlantic City High School in addition to providing pantry, refrigeration, freezer space, general storage and a sous chef.
Partner #5: The Southern Branch of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey provides food products for the Kitchen at Atlantic City for free or at reduced prices. The Food Bank gleans from local grocery stores and farms.
Partner #6: Chartwells Dining Services contributes bread and produce to be prepared every week and hosts an on-campus cooking and delivery shift once a month during the school year. Chartwells donates all of the food and containers for its on-campus shifts.
