{"291761":{"#nid":"291761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Klemis Kitchen Wins $31K from Student Alumni Association","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJunior\u2019s Grill, a Georgia Tech dining staple for six decades, may have closed in 2011, but the legacy of owner Tommy Klemis will live on with Klemis Kitchen, a new student-led initiative that has won the Student Alumni Association\u2019s 2014 Gift to Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESAA\u2019s gift of more than $31,000 will help provide meals to Tech students in need and was presented in a ceremony at the Campanile Thursday. Klemis was grateful to have his name associated with the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI can\u2019t think of a better legacy to leave for our future Tech students than one that actively provides funds to feed those in need,\u201d he said. \u201cIt honors all the employees of Junior\u2019s, many of whom were students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlemis Kitchen will be part of the Campus Kitchen chapter that was \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/01\/30\/tech-wins-5k-grant-campus-kitchen-project\u0022\u003Eestablished on campus\u003C\/a\u003E this semester. That initiative lets students cook leftovers from dining halls and distribute meals to community partners and those in need off campus. With Klemis Kitchen, students will be able to do the same for their peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSince Campus Kitchen has an external focus but would follow a process similar to what the Klemis Kitchen idea had envisioned, it seemed only natural to collaborate,\u201d said Sidhartha Sinha, one of the students who organized the Klemis Kitchen effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlemis was known for serving students at Junior\u2019s whether they were able to pay for a meal or not, being more concerned with students\u2019 wellbeing than with his own profit. Junior\u2019s began at the corner of North Avenue and Techwood Drive, where North Avenue Dining Hall now sits, and then operated out of the Bradley Building in the space that is now Highland Bakery. Both the Campus Kitchen and Klemis Kitchen efforts will operate out of a space in Brittain Dining Hall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe final gift sum will be determined at the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Until then, any new SAA member contributions will be added to the gift, which is the cumulative sum of $5 from each member and a $10,000 match from another food service leader, Waffle House President and CEO Walt Ehmer (IE 1989).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIdeas for the 2015 Gift to Tech can be submitted online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/gift-to-tech\u0022\u003Egtsaa.com\/gift-to-tech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew student-led initiative will help feed Tech students in need.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New student-led initiative will help feed Tech students in need."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-04-18 11:30:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:15","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"291741":{"id":"291741","type":"image","title":"Students Accept the 2014 Gift to Tech","body":null,"created":"1449244289","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:29","changed":"1475894988","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:48","alt":"Students Accept the 2014 Gift to Tech","file":{"fid":"199260","name":"2014saagift113.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2014saagift113_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2014saagift113_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6436806,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2014saagift113_0.jpg?itok=y-uzREBQ"}},"65865":{"id":"65865","type":"image","title":"Tommy and Anne","body":null,"created":"1449176884","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:04","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05","alt":"Tommy and Anne","file":{"fid":"193264","name":"tommy_and_anne.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tommy_and_anne_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tommy_and_anne_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1602019,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tommy_and_anne_0.jpg?itok=QrnXubAy"}},"291731":{"id":"291731","type":"image","title":"Walt Ehmer Speaks at the 2014 Gift to Tech Ceremony","body":null,"created":"1449244289","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:29","changed":"1475894988","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:48","alt":"Walt Ehmer Speaks at the 2014 Gift to Tech Ceremony","file":{"fid":"199259","name":"2014saagift046.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2014saagift046_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2014saagift046_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5238980,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2014saagift046_0.jpg?itok=RD0x5E2v"}}},"media_ids":["291741","65865","291731"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/gift-to-tech","title":"SAA Gift to Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/gtalumni.org\/registrations\/suggestaproject\/responses\/new","title":"Suggest a Future Gift to Tech Project"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/","title":"GT Student Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"57861","name":"gift to tech"},{"id":"8112","name":"Junior\u0027s Grill"},{"id":"91851","name":"klemis kitchen"},{"id":"167520","name":"saa"},{"id":"167247","name":"service"},{"id":"167406","name":"Student Alumni Association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}