Our Mission

Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen is a community service organization providing assistance to underserved families. Service programs include: hunger, job insecurity, child development, senior wellness, housing, education, and community engagement.

End of Summer Fundraiser

As summer draws to a close, we invite you to join Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen in making a lasting impact on our community. This year, the need for our services has grown by 14%, with over 19,000 meals served through June 2024. Your support is more crucial than ever. By participating in our End of Summer Fundraiser, you can help us continue to provide hot, nutritious meals to those in need—restoring dignity and hope to the elderly, children, the sick, and the homeless in Bluffton. Whether you choose to make a one-time donation or become a recurring donor, every contribution makes a difference.

To learn more click here.

Download the Donation Form or Donate Online today and be part of feeding hope and nourishing lives.

3 Ways to Multiply the Impact of Your Donation

1. Make a Qualified Charitable Contribution (QCD) from Your IRA

If you are 70.5 years or older, you can make a Qualified Charitable Contribution (QCD) from your IRA, which is tax-free for federal income tax purposes. A QCD helps reduce your tax bill in two ways: it doesn’t count as taxable income, and you can deduct it from your gross income without itemizing. For those aged 73 or older, QCDs also count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year. Please consult your financial advisor on how to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution to Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen.

2. Donate Appreciated Stock to Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen

Donating appreciated stock is a smart way to give. By transferring your shares to Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen, you may receive a federal income-tax deduction for the full fair-market value of the stock and avoid long-term capital-gain tax on any appreciation. To proceed with your donation, please complete this form and let your broker know.

3. Donate to BCSK Through the “Champions Fore Charity” Program

When you donate $1,000 or more through the Heritage Classic Foundation’s “Champions Fore Charities” program, your gift qualifies for an additional 20% match from the foundation. This is an excellent way to maximize your impact. To donate, use this form and indicate Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen as your designated charity.

Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen Launches Summer Fundraiser “Providing Hope and Dignity.” Click here to read more.
Nantucket’s Meat and Fish Market recently donated 15 Smithfield Hams to the Soup Kitchen, thanks to their general manager, Cameron Bergner.
Through the company’s Charitable Giving Fund, the Soup Kitchen was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from Hargray Communications.
We are proud to announce that Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen has earned the prestigious Gold Seal of Transparency from Candid.  
Hours of Operation: 

Monday 1 p.m.            
Food Pantry outside under portico
Hot meals to Pick up and Go

Wednesday 1 p.m.
Hot meals to Pick up and Go
Hot meals delivered 1 p.m. 

Mon, & Wed. 1 p.m.
Thurs. noon.
Outdoor Food Pantry

A message from our Executive Director - Constance Martin-Witter

Each year the number of meals served and delivered by Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen continues to increase. At the end of our first year in 2011, we served and delivered 500 meals. Eight years later in 2020, we served and delivered 12,148 meals. Our challenges include paying for food and supplies and purchasing a building. In 2017, Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen applied and received the status of a 501(c)3. The Mission writes grants and applies for funding from corporations, foundations, businesses, churches, and private individuals to pay for food and supplies and to one day purchase a building.