[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12170]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           DC CENTRAL KITCHEN AND THE CAMPUS KITCHENS PROJECT

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I visited DC Central Kitchen, 
where I learned about an innovative program, the Campus Kitchens 
Project. This is a program that uses high school and college dining 
facilities when the kitchen is normally closed to prepare meals for 
area soup kitchens and shelters.
  College and high school students involved in this program take a 
large leadership role in starting and maintaining the kitchens. Campus 
Kitchens helps feed hungry people in our communities today, while 
building tomorrow's leaders committed to ending hunger.
  Hunger is a political condition, and we need government action to end 
it, but we also need people from all sectors dedicated to doing more to 
end hunger. There are over 400 high schools and 100 colleges in 
Massachusetts alone. If each school organized a group to fight hunger 
in their community, just think of what could be done.
  I congratulate DC Central Kitchen and the Campus Kitchens project for 
their work, and I thank the staff and students for their commitment to 
ending hunger.

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