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Chef Mike go back to Poland to work at the W.C.K.

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Hello, all! Most of you know I spent 10 days in May volunteering at the World Central Kitchen in Przesmyl, Poland on the Ukrainian border. It was an amazing experience. World Central Kitchen is an incredible organization feeding people in need and in crises worldwide. Having catered hundreds of large events, I thought I knew athing or two about cooking in volume. Ha! That was before I spent a week making 5,000 sandwiches and three hot meals a day for an additonal 2,000 humans. In my 25+ years of professional cooking I have never seen such a well oiled operation, especially one erected on the fly in response to a war.
 
All the expenses: travel, lodging, ground transportation and daily meals are on the the volunteer, me. I paid for everything myself on the first trip in May. I feel a strong urge to go back to Poland to help more. I am asking for your help to offset my out of pocket expenses this time. If I exceed the amount needed any excess well be donated to the World Central Kitchen. Thanks for considering!
 
For those of you who don't know me, I am Mike Lund, a Shenandoah Valley based Chef and educator. Last year I closed myrestaurant, LUNdCH in Staunton, VA and I just completed my first year teaching at Mountain Gateway Community College, formerly Dabney S. Lancaster Community College.
 
I haved followed the W.C.K. since its inception in 2010 after the massive earthquake in Haiti. Perturbed by thewar in Ukraine, when I saw that W.C.K. was active in the region I signed up right away to help and left as soon as my semester was over. It was a first of a lifetime experience and I truly felt a sense of calling and belonging as I was able to put my experience and skills to good use helping people to feed people.
 

Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • $100
    • 2 yrs
  • Janet Onnie
    • $50
    • 2 yrs
  • Chris Raynes
    • $100
    • 2 yrs
  • Dorothy Rilee
    • $25
    • 2 yrs
  • Mary Beth Harris
    • $50
    • 2 yrs

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Mike Lund
Organizer
Staunton, VA

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