Auburn University students are a dedicated group of individuals committed to serving the poor and needy in their community.
Under the university's Campus Kitchens Project, a group of Auburn students distribute leftover foods from the dining halls on campus to the local needy people.
Campus Kitchens is a national project of D.C. Central Kitchens, aiming to eliminate 29 million tons of food wasted by Americans every year.
During the end of each day, students from the project collect the food from every dining facility, recycle and repackage it into nourishing meals and dispense it locally.
The food is taken to the Auburn United Methodist Church food pantry, East Alabama Services for the Elderly house, Porter Housing Development and His Place, a local shelter.
"Campus Kitchens is actually a part of a national, non-profit organization," Jennifer Commander, program assistant from the Office of Public Service and Outreach told OAnow. "Auburn is one of only 38 or so schools in the country to have this program."
Commander said that 10 Auburn students work for the project with 40-50 volunteers.
Emily Scammell, a student and one of the founders of the project, told the newspaper that Lee County has a huge population below the poverty line.
Scammell said that the project now feeds around 150-250 people a week.
And this project is totally governed by campus students; - they plan the menus, collect the food, contact drivers, and teach culinary skills to unemployed adults and recruit new students for this social service.
