ASI Beach Kitchen

Organization Description

Associated Students, Inc. is a nonprofit membership association and auxiliary organization of California State University, Long Beach. Committed to the principle of student self-determination in the shared governance of the university, the Associated Students of CSULB seeks to facilitate the achievement of students’ educational objectives and life goals through programs, services, and facilities that advocate student needs and interests, compel student representation in campus decision making and provide students with resources that they identify as necessary for their intellectual, social and physical development. Students automatically become members of ASI when they pay their mandatory student fees at the time of registration. Services provided by ASI to the CSULB community include:

  • University Student Union
  • Isabel Patterson Child Development Center
  • Student Recreation & Wellness Center(SRWC)
  • ASI Beach Pantry
  • ASI Beach Kitchen
  • ASI Sustain-U
  • Grow Beach Organic Garden

ASI also funds various scholarships, major and minor campus events and programs, and supports a robust student-run media division which includes a weekly newspaper, TV station and state-of-the-art radio station.

Program Information

About

ASI was awarded grant funding from the California State University (CSU) One-Time Basic Needs Partnerships Grant Funding Opportunity (AB-74) to build the new kitchen. The facility will be operated as an extension of the Laurén Chalmers '83 Beach Pantry and is a space for programs hosted in partnership with Basic Needs, Family and Consumer Sciences, Beach Balance and other campus partners.

For information about the kitchen, please contact ASI-Pantry@csulb.edu or call (562) 985-5264.

Purpose

The ASI Beach Kitchen provides access to CSULB students to gain lifelong learning on how to prepare nutritional meals for their overall wellbeing. The kitchen will focus on educational programing and will utilize pantry staples to ensure accessibility for all students to experience culturally inclusive meals.

Health & Safety
Address 
1212 North Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90815
United States
General Phone 
Student Contact 
Name
Christina Limon
Job Title
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Phone
Email
Program(s) 
Service Learning
Organization type 
Education - College or University (Nonprofit)
Focus Population(s)
College Students
Focus Area(s)
Education, Food & Housing Security