Kathryn Sanford's Commitment to Sustainability

The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College is a true community effort with partners in many different areas of local foods, such as farmers, cheifs, and restaurant owners.

Kathryn's is a Program Coordinator who works for the Center for Public Service is to recurit, organize, and train volunteers that come to the kitchen, help to coordinate the CKP Leadership Team, and create awareness of CKPGC on campus and in the community.

She reflects "I am trying to create a program that can unify the community in an effort to bring awareness to the issue of food justice in Adam's County, as well as to help salvage food resources that would be thrown away. We aim to create lasting relationships within the community that can help redirect resoucres."

"This effort is important because no one deserves to go hungry. Also, on a deeper level I want to be able to provide the members of my community with food that is healthy and nutrious. Being sustainable means a community that is healthy and united."

Kathryn is dedicated to the work of sustainability because a "redirection of a few precious resources and time can have a huge lasting impact on people's lives."

She notes, "sustainability is a word that people can become overwhelmed by but if you take the time to focus on a few issues that really inspire you, the work can be very rewarding for everyone involved. To me sustainability is connecting existing resources in a more efficent way so that everyone can benefit from the local community."