Content Country-Formatnewsletter-Format Article for Newsletter

You Are Here: Home Page -> Formatnewsletter -> Format Article for Newsletter

Newsletter Article

Here is Detroit Soup Kitchen Feeds the Body and Soul formatted for a newsletter with 65 characters per line.

Return to Detroit Soup Kitchen Feeds the Body and Soul

Detroit Soup Kitchen Feeds the Body and Soul

by chiron99

Like every other community in the United States, Detroit
experienced devastating poverty during the Great Depression of
1929. It was during this time that the city's poor came knocking
at the St. Bonaventure Monastery on Mt. Elliot Street, home of
the Capuchin Order. Friar Solanus Casey urged the order to feed
the hungry with soup and sandwiches. Eventually, the lines grew
to more than 2,000 people waiting for their single meal of the
day. The friars knew they had to do more.

The friars turned to the men and women of the Secular
Franciscans and joined together with them to collect food from
farms, make soup, bake bread, and serve meals in the hall next to
the monastery. From these beginnings grew the Capuchin Soup
Kitchen.

Today, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen serves the poor who suffer from
the lack of basic human needs: material needs, such as food,
clothing, and household necessities; psychological needs, such as
motivation, self-esteem, and rehabilitation; and social needs,
such as support systems and meaningful relationships.

The outreach provides a variety of services including 2,000 hot
meals served at two locations, distribution of approximately
30,000 articles of clothing to clients, showers and a change of
clothing for up to 30 homeless and poorly housed persons on a
daily basis, a children's library and art therapy studio, and a
25,000-square-foot urban farm project, to name a few. In order to
serve as a positive healing force in the spirits and lives of
needy individuals, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen strives to promote
encouragement, direction, and material assistance to foster
growth and wholesome independence.

Due to the friars unwavering commitment to their mission, and
the dedicated efforts of volunteers and donors, the Capuchin Soup
Kitchen spends an unprecedented 87 percent of each dollar on
direct client services.

One of the most successful fundraising events for the soup
kitchen, the annual SOCK Dinner (Support Our Capuchin Kitchen),
has grown to become one of the most successful fundraising events
in Michigan. It has been listed in Crain's Detroit Business as
one of Detroit's top grossing fundraisers.

SOCK first originated in 1942. Billed as the "Men's Only"
Baseball dinner, more than 100 men showed up for the event which
was held at the old Soup Kitchen building on Mt. Elliot Street.
Each attendee paid five dollars and listened to Connie Mack talk
baseball. Over the years such notables as Ted Williams, Casey
Stengel, Mickey Mantle, and Joe Garagiola came to the event to
talk baseball.

The evening now includes a cocktail reception, silent auction,
dinner and entertainment. Mr. Jim Harper, long-time supporter and
morning radio show host, has served as the Master of Ceremony for
numerous years. Past entertainers include Johnny Trudell and his
Orchestra, MOSAIC Youth Choir, and Karen Newman of Red Wing
fame.

Even though the format has changed, one thing has remained the
same: to assist those less fortunate in the community, Metro
Detroiters are still dedicated to attending and supporting this
annual Soup Kitchen event. The outpouring of devotion has seen a
number of distinguished chairpersons in recent years, including
the 2004 Chairs, Anthony and Darlene Soave of Soave Enterprises;
Richard and Cathy Wagoner of General Motors Corporation; Bill and
Lisa Ford of the Ford Motor Corporation; Bill and Ann McCormick
of CMS Energy Corporation; The Hon. Mayor Dennis W. Archer and
Hon. Trudy DunCombe Archer , Mayor of the City of Detroit; Art
and Mary Van Elslander of Art Van Furniture; and Dr and Mrs.
Dieter Zetsche of the Daimler-Chrysler Corporation.

<a href="http://www.Soave.com">Soave</a> Enterprises is a
privately held, Detroit-based company with holdings in dozens of
companies. Its substantial financial and managerial resources
bring strength to these entities.

Syndicated by Top Gazebos - www.topgazebos.net

Quick Content Search:
Content Country

Welcome Guest

Author Country

Publisher Country

Essentials