Soup Kitchen


The Downtown Soup Kitchen at First United Methodist Church in Michigan City Indiana

Our yearly budget; $97,000.00.

June numbers are

July numbers are

Meal Team

August numbers are

Here are some fun pictures of the Choir preparing a meal.

Soup Kitchen News

The Downtown Soup Kitchen at First United Methodist Church has been awarded grant monies from LaPorte Healthcare Foundation, The Unity Foundation, and Duneland Health Council.  Totaling 29,428.57, these grants will help First UMC face the challenge of serving meals 5 days a week! Thank You!

Dishin in the Kitchen

Here are the statistics we have for October:

Meals were served 21 days in October

3904 meals

3680 bottles of water

614   volunteer hours

46,860lbs. of food served as meals

1575lbs. of additional food given to guests

Gave books away 14 days

We always need bottled water and toilet  paper for our Soup Kitchen guests. Thank you for your generosity.

Dishin in the Kitchen

Here are the statistics we have for November & December:

Meals were served 21 days in November

Meals were served  21 days in December

3154 Nov & 3096 Dec meals

2860 Nov & 2690 Dec bottles of water

586 Nov & 575 Dec  volunteer hours

23,220 lbs. Nov & 25,670 lbs Dec of food  as meals

1420 lbs. Nov & 1385 lbs Dec of additional food  to guests

Gave books away totaling 37 days for November & December