Growth and Wishlist

Thank you for taking the time to see our Growth Plan and Wish List!

Soup for the Soul has had a couple of tough years, but we continue to move the mission forward the best that we can.  After losing two comfortable and outfitted locations in local churches, we found ourselves without a home - much like many of our clients.  Then there was the pandemic, and another uncertainty of how we would continue to serve those who need us most.  Well the Haines family started this project in 1982, and now a new generation has grabbed the steering wheel and kept us on track.  We worked with the Dundalk Optimist Club and ran several "pop up" food giveaways when we did not have a home.  The new post-pandemic reality forced the volunteer leaders to adjust, and they handled the challenge.  Beginning in September of 2024, we relocated to the Dundalk Church of God at 6 Yorkway, Dundalk, MD 21222.  We also had to change the management and financial configurations of the organization to become our own 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization in 2021.  The new space is now able to seat approximately 100 people at one time and has a complete commercial kitchen so we can return to our original mission of providing meals to those in need.  Our operation will still have a food pantry and a new addition of a Blessings Closet for clothing and other items for our clients.  

Plans for the future

1)  How about a truck?  Right now we have to arrange pick ups from our providing partners using several volunteer pickup trucks and SUVs.  If we had our own refrigerated box trunk, we could be more efficient with our time, and better handle the volume of donations that we receive.  This addition would also allow us to become more mobile for giveaways and meal distribution!

2)  We like to dream BIG!!  We dream of purchasing a space where we can provide as we did in the past, and possibly provide space for some other Community Support organizations to partner with us for a more complete solution for our clients.

The world may never be full of rainbows and unicorns, 

but we all can participate to make it a better place!