Soup Kitchen Corner by Judy Lacker
On Saturday, February 1st,some members of Soup Kitchen Team B (Team Leaders Bruni Edward & Yvonne Ruddy-Stein, Joanne Davidson, the Parr Family, the Bonansinga/Twombly Family, the Haffner Family) will be returning to the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen on Spring Street to help serve take-out meals and sandwiches that were cooked or prepared in volunteers’ homes or through donations. Unfortunately, we are not yet able to serve the guests a meal inside Dorothy Day Hospitality House.
PLEASE NOTE: ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT YET ABLE TO SERVE THE GUESTS AS WE USED TO INDOORS, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEM TAKE AND EAT THEIR MEALS THAT ARE HANDED OUT AT THE DOOR, INSIDE TO THE SHELTER AREA. FOR THIS, WE NEED EXTRA VOLUNTEERS TO SUPERVISE THAT AREA FROM 3-4:30 FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH., WHEN OUR TEAMS ARE PREPARING THE MEALS IN THE KITCHEN AREA. PLEASE CONTACT judylacker48@gmail IF YOU CAN HELP.
You can also help feed our neighbors with a gift card in any amount from any local supermarket. Sandwich donations are being scheduled so we have just the right amount each day at Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen. If you are interested in making sandwiches, please send an email to ddhhsandwiches@gmail.com. We can all be an important part of the fight to end hunger in our community!
In the past couple of years, we have lost some of our Dorothy Day volunteers. Please consider volunteering to be on a DD Team – it only involves a few hours, 4 Saturdays per year. You will find it to be a very rewarding experience. Please contact Judy Lacker for more information or to sign up. If joining a team is not for you, you may consider being an alternate. It would require you to be available to substitute for a team member who would contact you a few days in advance of the particular first Saturday of the month. You can sign up on the poster on the bulletin board in the lobby and indicate “Alternate”.
Please note that we continue to collect non-perishable food donations on Sunday mornings. Please place your food donations in the basket in the foyer. You can sign up to help transport the weekly collection to The Dorothy Day Hospitality House on Spring Street. Please see the note below for suggestions on donations. http://www.dorothydaydanbury.org/Wish_List.htm