In coordination with ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Kitchen at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ, Elon Dining Services staff prepared and packaged nearly 1,000 meals for distribution to those facing hunger in Alamance County the week of Thanksgiving.
Elon Dining Services staff members prepared and packaged nearly 1,000 meals this week for distribution to local nonprofits that assist those facing hunger in Alamance County.
In coordination with ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Kitchen at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ, the Thanksgiving meals were prepared Nov. 23 inside Lakeside Dining Hall and transported Nov. 24 to Allied Churches of Alamance County, which provides food to the hungry in Burlington, North Carolina, and surrounding communities.
It was the second time in as many years that Elon Dining Services and ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Kitchen at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ coordinated meal packaging during the Thanksgiving week.
“We wanted to do this again with the goal of creating a tradition of community service during the holidays involving our team and university partners,” said Pulkit Vigg, the resident district manager for Aramark, which runs Elon Dining Services. “We will continue to expand our community partnerships in the coming years to stay true to Aramark’s mission of ‘delivering experiences that enrich and nourish lives.'”
An affiliate of the national ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Kitchens Project, Elon’s chapter is an on-campus service opportunity through the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement that collects unused and unserved food from community partners, including and Loy Farm, while engaging students, faculty and staff as volunteers who prepare and deliver the meals to those in need in the Burlington community.
“Allied Churches of Alamance County is an important organization in the Alamance County community,” said Stacey Rusterholz, coordinator of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Kitchen at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ. “This generous donation from Elon Dining Services will provide a hot Thanksgiving meal to community members facing food insecurity.”