The Downtown Soup Kitchen at First United Methodist Church in Michigan City Indiana
Our yearly budget; $97,000.00.
August 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 23days
3818 prepped meals
3899 served meals
725 volunteer hours
additional pounds of food given to guests
Books out 23 days
July 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 21 days
3364 prepped meals
3364 served meals
850 volunteer hours
additional pounds of food given to guests
June 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 19 days
3156 prepped meals
3222 served meals
705 volunteer hours
additional food given to guests
May 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 24 days
3762 meals
815 volunteer hours
2,614 lbs. of food as meals
1,865 lbs. of additional food to guests
April 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 21 days
3217 meals
745 volunteer hours
2,414 lbs. of food as meals
1,800 lbs. of additional food to guests
March 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 22 days
3319 meals
756 volunteer hours
2,489 lbs. of food as meals
1,875 lbs. of additional food to guests
If you have any fresh vegetables the soup kitchen would love your donation.
If you have in date canned fruit or vegetables that you would like to donate we will take those as well. Thank you
February 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 20 days
2587 meals
624 volunteer hours
1,940 lbs. of food as meals
1450 lbs. of additional food to guests
January 2023 numbers are
Meals were served 22 days
2945 meals
1450 bottles of water
655 volunteer hours
2,209 lbs. of food as meals
1480 lbs. of additional food to guests
We were unable to hand out books in January due to none in stock.
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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
