American University—DC Central Kitchen

For three hours on the evening of July 13, five Kogod MBA students and one staff member volunteered at DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) in Washington, DC. During a brief orientation led by DCCK staff, the Kogod group was fortunate enough to be visited by the nonprofit's Founder and President, Robert Egger, who personally thanked the volunteers.

Kogod students peeled, sliced, and washed pounds of sweet potatoes and cabbages. Volunteers worked alongside formerly homeless individuals training in the culinary arts through DC Central Kitchen's Culinary Job Training program. The vegetables that the volunteers helped prepare had been donated by local farms and supermarkets and would be used in meals to benefit various community service organizations.