From the Social Action Council                                                         

Soup Kitchen Corner                                                                                                           by Judy Lacker                                       

On Saturday, February 7,some members of Soup Kitchen Team B (Team Leaders Bruni Edwards and Yvonne Ruddy-Stein, Joanne Davidson, the Parr Family, Bonansinga/Twombly Family, Haffner Family and Maureen Tyra),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”.

Volunteers needed to transport the Sunday food collection for Dorothy Day over to the Soup Kitchen.

Please sign your name on the sign-up sheet that is hanging on a bulletin board above the food collection basket. If you can, please sign up for a month.  We are in need of volunteers for the months of February-June.
Thanks for your help.