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Meals for 1,700 Begin with Daily CityBus Ride
Chris Lowery is one of many relying on CityBus to get to and from work.
To help feed thousands every day at Purdue University’s Ford Dining Court, Chris Lowery turns to CityBus—not for food, but transportation. Even though CityBus doesn’t supply food or serve meals, its dependable ride links Chris Lowery with his job at Ford Dining Court, where 1,700 meals are served each day to Purdue students and staff. “I live in Lafayette and ride CityBus five days a week to and from work,” says Lowery, 26, a six-year dining court employee. He clocks in by 9:30 a.m., begins breakfast cleanup, keeps the dishwasher running and works into the afternoon. “I like everything about it,” he says of his job in the 800-seat dining court, the largest on Purdue’s campus, with a menu of international cuisine, hamburgers, pizza, fresh vegetables, desserts and more. “I like my bosses and the people I work with,” Lowery says. “And I like what I do.” When dining court business slows in the summer, he works at a campus 4
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greenhouse. Steady employment and CityBus give Lowery the rewards of work and a way to save for special items. His most recent purchase: a soda-maker. “It’s actually pretty good,” he says. A Lafayette native, Lowery grew up the youngest in a family of six children. He likes volunteer work, too, and turns to CityBus to get to the Lafayette Family YMCA, where every Monday he folds towels. In his free time, Lowery loves sports—“I don’t like watching sports. I just like doing them,” he says. His favorites are bowling, basketball, flag football and golf. He regularly competes in Special Olympics, is active in the Tippy Vacation Club, and enjoys listening to oldies and country music. “CityBus gives me my independence,” he says. “I can go out whenever I want, and CityBus takes me anyplace I want to go.”