# CulinaryCorps > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CulinaryCorps > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CulinaryCorps.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CulinaryCorps > Source revision: 1348741588 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American non-profit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = CulinaryCorps, Inc. | logo = CulinaryCorps Logo | type = [Public charity](/source/Public_charity) | founded = 2006 | founder = Christine Carroll {{small|(Founder)}} | location = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) | origins = | key_people = Christine Carroll - ''Founding Director''
Viviana Acosta-Padial - ''Program Coordinator'' | region_served = | focus = Service Organization for Culinary Professionals | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | owner = | website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070217005407/http://culinarycorps.org/ culinarycorps.org]}} | tax_exempt = | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''CulinaryCorps''' is an American [non-profit organization](/source/non-profit_organization) that recruits culinary students and professionals to volunteer their professional skills on trips to communities in the [United States](/source/United_States). ==History== The organization was founded by Christine Carroll following a volunteer trip to [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans) after [Hurricane Katrina](/source/Hurricane_Katrina).{{cite news | author=Adam Fisher| work=New York Times| title=Culanthropy| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04EFD61531F931A25753C1A96E9C8B63| accessdate= | date=12 October 2008}}{{cite news | author=Judy Walker| work=New Orleans Time-Picayune | title=Volunteers Are Stirred to Action | url=http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2007/06/volunteers_are_stirred_to_acti.html | accessdate= | date=31 May 2007}} Carroll and other experienced culinary professionals were helping to repaint a local school when she conceived the idea of a food-focused volunteer organization. Upon returning home she launched CulinaryCorps to enable cooks to volunteer their professional skills to assist communities in need. Carroll coined the term "culanthropy" (a [portmanteau](/source/portmanteau) of the words "[culinary](/source/culinary_art)" and "[philanthropy](/source/philanthropy)") to describe the organization's brand of food-focused volunteerism.{{cite news | work=The Ethicurean | title=Report from Taste3: 'Culanthropy' in New Orleans with the Culinary Corps | url=http://www.ethicurean.com/2008/08/05/culanthropy/ | accessdate= | date=5 August 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928155220/http://www.ethicurean.com/2008/08/05/culanthropy/ | archive-date=28 September 2018 | url-status=dead }} ==Function== The organization recruits culinary students and professionals in the culinary industry to volunteer on week-long trips to communities in the [United States](/source/United_States). CulinaryCorps members have volunteered on trips to [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana); the [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi) [Gulf Coast](/source/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States); and [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico).{{cite news | author=Megan Krigbaum | work=Food & Wine | title=Culinary Crusaders: CulinaryCorps. The Mission: Mobilize Chefs to Do Good | url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/the-culinary-crusader-awards-culinarycorps | accessdate= | date = November 2009}}{{cite news | work=KCRW Good Food | title='Culanthropy' Travels to Puerto Rico | url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/2010/01/culanthropy-travels-to-puerto-rico/ | accessdate= | date=25 January 2010}} ==Impact== In its first sixteen months, the organization launched five volunteer trips during which, more than 3,500 meals were prepared by 76 volunteer cooks from across the United States. Since then, the organization has launched additional trips to New Orleans, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and Puerto Rico. Each volunteer trip lasts about a week. During each volunteer trip, the organization's team partners with a variety of local organizations to perform food-related projects for the local community's benefit.{{cite news | author=Julie Schwietert | work=Washington Times | title=When a Vacation Isn't Just a Vacation: Voluntourism with the Culinary Corps | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/donne-travels-washington-times/2008/Jul/13/when-a-vacation-isnt-just-a-vacation/ | accessdate= | date=13 July 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016225136/http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/donne-travels-washington-times/2008/Jul/13/when-a-vacation-isnt-just-a-vacation/ | archivedate=16 October 2012 }}{{cite news | author=Bunny Wong | work=Women's Day | title=10 Unique Ways to Help Others: Learn How to Give Back to Your Community by Volunteering | url=http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Lifestyle/Family-Fun/10-Unique-Ways-to-Help-Others.html | accessdate= | date=2 June 2009 }}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news | author=Julie Schwietert | work=Matador Change | title=The Peace Corps for Cooks: Volunteer Travel with the Culinary Corps | url=http://matador.org/“food-with-a-little-bit-of-love…and-sweat-and-whimsy”-volunteer-travel-with-the-culinary-corps | accessdate= | date=13 May 2008}}{{cite news | author=Judy Walker | work=New Orleans Times-Picayune | title=Culinary Professionals to Assist with Gulf Coast Recovery | url=http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/2009/04/culinary_corps_returning_for_r.html | accessdate= | date=4 April 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223235/http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/2009/04/culinary_corps_returning_for_r.html | archive-date=17 May 2018 | url-status=dead }} For example, in the New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Coast regions, CulinaryCorps has partnered with many local and nonprofit organizations, including: * [Habitat for Humanity](/source/Habitat_for_Humanity), where CulinaryCorps chefs cooked for hundreds of resident Habitat volunteers rebuilding homes following Hurricane Katrina; * The [Edible Schoolyard](/source/Edible_Schoolyard) at the Samuel J. Green Charter School in New Orleans, where CulinaryCorps volunteers instructed students on food, cooking, and nutrition; * [Café Reconcile](/source/Caf%C3%A9_Reconcile) in New Orleans, where CulinaryCorps volunteers cooked meals and performed career mentoring with culinary students; * Real Food Gulf Coast, which, together with CulinaryCorps, designed and launched an after-school cooking club curriculum for children in the [Ocean Springs, Mississippi](/source/Ocean_Springs%2C_Mississippi) School District; and * [Liberty's Kitchen](/source/Liberty's_Kitchen), a culinary training and job placement program for at-risk teens in New Orleans, where CulinaryCorps volunteers cooked for the opening gala celebration. == References == {{Reflist}} Category:Hunger relief organizations Category:Food politics in the United States Category:Culinary professional associations Category:2006 establishments in the United States Category:Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [CulinaryCorps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CulinaryCorps) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CulinaryCorps?action=history)). 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