Community and Social Justice
Dining Services has partnered with:
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Metropolis Coffee Company to supply and serve Fair Trade Organic Coffee at all of its facilities.
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Local dairy producers for milk and dairy products, as well as local bakeries for baked goods.
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Local Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Minority Business Enterprise suppliers to support
minority-owned and operated businesses in the community.
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Metropolis Coffee supplies all of our coffee beans in reusable recycled paper bags.
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Dining Services ran special programming for Hunger Week 2009 in conjunction with Campus Ministry.
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Dining Services has been in a continuing program of support for the Interfaith Sunday Soup Kitchen of Evanston.
Since 2005, we have purchased, distributed, helped prepare and serve over 3600 meals to a part of this areas
neediest population at a cost of $11,000.00 dollars.
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Dining Services is in support of helping Chicago's underprivileged to thrive and grow by donating all loose coin donations from our retail and dining locations to Growing Home, Inc. Growing Home is a non-profit organic agriculture business that provides job training and preparation to previously-homeless individuals in our community. Please donate your lose coins at any of our retail and dining locations - look for this sign: DONATIONS FOR GROWTH. For more information about Growing Home, Inc. please visit: www.growinghomeinc.org.
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In continuing support of Fair Trade, Loyola Dining Services supports and distributes Divine Chocolate at our Lakeshore and Water Tower Campus convenience stores. Divine Chocolate is the first farmer-owned Fair Trade chocolate company. Divine was established to combine some 20,000 Ghanaian cocoa growers in Ghana into a cooperative known as the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative. This cooperative was established to improve the lives of the local cocoa farmers by taking part in the ownership of Divine Chocolates, receiving a fair price for their cocoa beans, and to grant them a portion of the company’s profits; which is used to put back into their community. Learn more about Divine Chocolate at www.divinechocolateusa.com.
Environment
To promote the reduction of waste, Dining Services:
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Has made environmentally friendly "Earth Sense" biodegradeable napkins available at all dining facilities.
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Participates in on-campus recycling of recycleable waste products including cardboard, aluminum cans, and plastic.
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Student Environmental Alliance and Dining services teamed up to offer environmentally friendly reusable shopping totes to customers in all convenience stores. To help reduce the use of plastic bags on campus, Dining Services offers a 10% discount to those customers that use these tote bags (Market 820 label or SEA label) at any of our convenience locations.
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Provides a full line of eco-friendly detergents and cleaning products in our convenience stores.
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Utilizes reusable dishware in both of its dining hall facilities.
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Added Biodegradable utensils and flatware to catering options for picnic events.
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Tray free dining was successfully implemented at Simpson Dining Hall on November 1, 2008.
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Tray free dining was successfully implemented at Lakeshore Dining Hall on March 3, 2009.
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Milk sold in the markets and served in dining rooms is hormone free.
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Transitioning to "Green Cleaning" products in all locations.
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Transitioning to Monterey Bay sustainable specified seafood.
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Coffee mug program being implemented with 5% discount on coffee drinks.
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Transition to the Lower Lakes locally farmed produce.
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New dish machine with energy saver booster installed in Lakeshore Dining Hall.
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Dining will recycle aluminum in its kitchens in addition to cardboard.
Involvement and Communication
Dining Services participates in meetings with various on-campus groups involved with promoting eco-friendly initiatives, including:
In Progress
In addition, Dining Services is currently in the progress of:
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