Stories
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Where homework is happening!!
Club Sandwich strives to provide year round academic and enrichment support to at risk students in a safe and nurturing environment. The program seeks to improve children's readiness to learn and succeed in school, while stressing that hard work pays off. Toward achieving this goal, students receive instruction in reading, writing, math, and other disciplines crucial to their academic success. -
Dawn (2015)
"Sarah's House is unlike any other shelter I have been in (unfortunately this is not my first rodeo). It provides the basic human necessities as all shelters do, but with an extreme crucial difference....love, genuine and unconditional, the love that is given so freely by the staff members of Sarah's House is a healing force to be reckoned with. I wake up every morning feeling that this time I CAN be somebody...I AM somebody.... and for this I have the utmost appreciation and gratitude to… -
:) a former Resident of Sarah's House
Sarah's House helped my children and I so much when I lost my job and could no longer pay for rent on our apartment....My kids are back in school, we have a safe place to stay and I am starting a new job next week! Thanks to everyone at Sarah's House!
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Hunger Fact Sheet
'''In the 18 southeast Texas counties served by the Houston Food Bank'''
• On a given day, 66,000 people in southeast Texas experience the pain of hunger and have no food: 5,000 are children.
•800,000 individuals receive food assistance each year through the Houston Food Bank's network of hunger relief charities.
•One in four children (25%) in southeast Texas is food insecure, or at risk of being hungry; overall, one in five people (18%) is food insecure.
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Our Background
When we first considered rescuing excess banquet food, we turned to the Houston Food Bank for advice. They put us in touch with one of their many partner agencies, Impact Houston, which serves 700 meals a week to needy individuals and families. We succesfully conducted an 18-month pilot program, arranging rescues from major hotels and banquet venues in conjunction with Impact Houston.
Chefs and caterers welcomed the opportunity to help their community by donating their unserved surplus… -
Countdown to Souper Bowl: Local high school students lead push to end hunger
http://coladaily.com/2016/01/30/102735/
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My Souper Story
The Souper Bowl of Caring has helped me in more ways than one. The first time I participated in Souper Bowl of Caring was when I was in either kindergarten or first grade. My church Barrington First Presbyterian Church in New Jersey was collecting cans for our food pantry for the week before and week of the Super Bowl. I don't remember how many cans we collected, but I remember it was a lot of fun to collect the cans with my parents and grandmother and the rest of my church family. We… -
My Souper Bowl Story!
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." -1 Timothy 4:12
Souper Bowl of Caring was something I grew up around. I was lucky enough to be raised in the founding church, Spring Valley Presbyterian. As a kid, I always looked up to the high school/middle school youth group. I can remember so clearly the infamous silver soup pots that were held each Souper Bowl Sunday by the doors asking… -
My Story
My church has always had a small collection on Super Bowl Sunday. Then, I didn't know that Souper Bowl of Caring was such a huge organization. I found out about National Youth Advisory Board by a friend from my church who served on the board the year before I did. She encouraged me to apply, and I did. I remember being so nervous the week before I found out I was accepted to be on the board. This was such a prestigious organization and opportunity!
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Ethan Naluz, Glendale AZ: "Opportunities"
"If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes - then learn how to do it later!" - Richard Branson
I've always seen life as a collection of pleasant coincidences, countless serendipitous moments, many that most people don't even take notice of. Whether we believe it or not, at some degree, we're all astonishingly lucky people. Whether it's because of something simple like randomly picking out a really sweet apple at a local supermarket, or… -
My "Souper" Experience
When I received the congratulatory email from Souper Bowl of Caring Headquarters that said I had been chosen to serve on the Houston area Local Youth Advisory Board, I had no idea at the time the influence this opportunity would have on me. After the spending the day learning about Souper Bowl of Caring's mission and how we can promote this organization in our community, the jarring actuality of childhood hunger helped me realize that even though I am young, I can make a difference and… -
My Story
To be accepted onto the National Youth Advisory Board, you have to submit how you learned about the Souper Bowl. What I wrote was about how I made hoagies with my church to sell to the congregation in honor of the Souper Bowl and how I learned that sometimes putting yourself out there can really make a difference. My concept of "putting yourself out there" has completely changed ever since I became a youth ambassador. Before, I considered owning up to mistakes and asking people you knew to buy… -
Nouorishing the human spirit
For the third year of our participation in Souper Bowl, our Sunday School children were asked to collect cents and dollars in soup kettles following the Feb. 7 liturgy. They also were asked to suggest a local charity for the funds received. "We'd like to give something that will help people with cancer," was the unanimous choice. One of our council members immediately said "Hello Gorgeous," a South Bend-based 501(c) non-profit that operates in nine states. Here is their mission statement: … -
Soup Mix Sale
In addition to collecting money in soup pots on Super Bowl Sunday, our Sunday School children make soup mixes in a jar. We offer 5 kinds of soups and suggest a $5 donation per jar. This has becoming wildly popular, and people wait each year for the soup mixes. Everyone has a favorite. The children love assembling them. All the supplies are purchased with the children's envelope money so all the money we get is donated.
This year the youth of our church made soup so people could sample… -
ACT Program
The ACT Program is one of the main training's offered through The Yellow Brick. ACT stands for Adults and Children Together and through a series of classes Parents and Caregivers learn ways to identify and cope with anger, understand children and their sometimes challenging behavior and make positive changes to respond to conflicts with reason rather than react to a situation with emotion. Find our more information about these classes at www.theyellowbrick.org and at… -
YPD Cares
On Sunday, February 28th the Young People and Children's Division supported the Souper Bowl of Caring by using soup pots to collect funds. They also brought in non-perishable to restock the food pantry's shelves. The agency selected was the Jodi Holmes/Nancy Haizlip Food Pantry and Feeding Program. This organization prepares approx. 5,200 hot meals and serves the community every Wednesday per year. They also make and distribute bags of food to deliver to anyone in need. It was an honor to… -
Joyful Worship with Souper Bowl of Caring Game Day Tailgate Party with Games
Everyone dressed in their favorite Football Clothing, professional or college. We brought our favorite Souper Bowl party snacks to share. We decorated the sanctuary like a football stadium complete with team seating, tickets for seating and of course programs. All food and money were given to God first. It was blessed as part of our worship.
After worship we gathered for our tailgate party. The food was awesome. We did activities like building play-dough football stadiums and spam… -
Our 2016 Collection
Our middle school and high school students collected a total of $500 this year. We used $283 to purchase ingredients for lunch for the Welcome Inn Day Shelter. We prepared sloppy joes, noodle salad, and fresh fruit salad and delivered the food to them. The rest of the money was given to the shelter to use as needed. WE LOVE DOING THIS PROJECT EVERY YEAR! -
A small church, a big difference
In rural Scott County, Tennessee, the small town of Huntsville is home to the 105 member First Presbyterian Church. We have participated in the Souper Bowl of Caring offering since 1998. This year we outdid ourselves with an offering totaling $3,024.28 in cash and food. In addition, we collected toiletry, personal hygiene, and cleaning items for our local homeless shelter. We also donated around 30 can openers for the Scott County Food Pantry to give to their clients who had been passing up… -
Brady's Souper Group...."You CAN do it!"
My name is Brady, and it was great to serve as a Local Youth Advisory Board member of my city, Houston. Attending training at the Houston Food Bank, I learned a lot about how many are in need of food and how kids like me can help the cause to tackle hunger. The Kick-Off event right before the Super Bowl was really fun. Early in the morning at the Boy Scouts Building, many important groups such as the Mayor's Youth Council, which I am also a member of, and local grocery store managers and other… -
Harvest Park Middle School's Souper Bowl of Caring Donation Breaks Previous School Record!
Harvest Park Middle School collected a record $2,244.55 for Open Heart Kitchen from students, staff members and community members! Students decorated football-themed collection containers for each first period classroom. During the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, students and staff members appeared on our televised Daily Bulletin, HPTV with public service announcements giving football playoff updates and raising awareness about hunger in our community. Leadership students also held a Punt,… -
2016 Souper Bowl of Caring -- Our 4th Year
On behalf of the Souper Bowl of Caring, Chi Alpha Epsilon Chi Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Psi Mu Chapter & the local community, I wanted to say Thank You to everyone who participated in our food drive. This was the 4th time that we have participated in this nationwide event & I was extremely proud of P.I.T. when I delivered our contributions for the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Prospect Park & to the Christ United Methodist Church Food Pantry in Brookhaven. (I can still make our… -
Jack and Jill Dallas Teens and Beautillion Corps Work to Prevent Hunger
Jack and Jill of America Inc. chapters from across the South Central region including Texas and Louisiana organized community volunteer projects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the annual Day of Service helping those in need. This year, the Day of Service focuses on addressing the rising food need in our community and across the world.
Jack and Jill Dallas Teens and the Dallas Beautillion Corps participated in the Meals 4 Multitudes community service project in partnership with Texas… -
Souper Bowl
Who says small churches can't accomplish BIG missions. There year the 'One Room" Sunday school class at our church (under the direction of their faith filled teach, Michelle) challenged our church to a friendly competition. The Sunday school class picked a team name calling themselves the 'Little Blue Giants' and challenged the church to pick a team color and a leader throughout the Souper Bowl campaign period to see who could bring in the most grocery items for the local grade school's…
