ALL ARE WELCOME: Volunteers serve guests each week and assist with special holiday meal days for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. All people are welcome to visit and eat any day the Soup Kitchen is open.

THE MENU: Each week, the Soup Kitchen provides guests with unlimited hearty soup, buttery garlic toast or bread, salad or fruit, dessert, and beverages.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ITEMS FOR ALL: A giveaway table provides donated items, such as additional food and hats, scarves, gloves, or socks for our guests to pick up.

HOW WE DO IT: Serving Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, cooking begins at 7:30 AM where 4-6 huge pots of hearty soup are prepared with special recipes. Volunteer numbers increase as the morning progresses, acquiring the 8-10 folks it takes to make the day run smoothly. Volunteers are welcome from 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM on days when the kitchen is open. The doors are open to guests at 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

On some Thursday evenings, a wonderful volunteer group called “Veggie Buddies” gathers to cook, dice, measure, and bag meat and fresh vegetables for each kettle.

The kitchen shops at the Northern Indiana Food Bank, where most of the meat and desserts are purchased. Some canned goods come from there as well. We are also blessed to receive some items from Cultivate Food Rescue.

SERVING TIMES:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
ENTRANCE:  Use Building Entrance on Madison Street
DIRECTOR OF KITCHEN:  Karen Parker

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheDTSK/

TO VOLUNTEER OR MAKE A DONATION: Contact First and Northwest UMC at  fumcsecretary2@gmail.com  or 574-233-9463 or GIVE ONLINE.