About Us
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Our Approach
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen was established in 2011 to prepare home cooked hot meals for the elderly, sick, shut-in, homeless and poverty members of our community. Due to very limited public transportation, a delivery program was started for clients unable to come to the center for lunch. Clients may receive a hot meal home delivered on Monday and Wednesday or come to our center for a To-Go meal every Monday and Wednesday. Clients will find an outdoor Food Pantry on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. At the end of our first year in 2011, we delivered/served 500 home cooked hot meals. In 2014, we started an open store walk/in pantry of non-perishable, fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, desserts and assorted breads every Monday. In 2016, our organization started preparing weekly hot meals for families participating with Family Promise. This program hopes to one day provide shelter for working homeless families with children. We need your help to realize this dream. By the end of 2020 we delivered and offered To-Go 12,148 home cooked hot meals. In 2022, 35,000 total hot meals were prepared, cooked and delivered.
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.
Our History
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen was established in 2011 to prepare home cooked hot meals for the elderly, sick, shut-in, homeless and poverty members of our community.
OUR IMPACT
Increased the number of hot meals during the pandemic to To-Go on Mondays and Wednesdays and still delivering to the sick, shut-ins and elderly on Wednesdays. Increased the outdoor Food Pantry from one day a week to Mondays and Thursdays.
Our Impact in One Year
- 7,068 hot meals were delivered to sick, shut-ins, and the elderly.
- 4,697 hot meals were picked up To-Go or served in 5+ months.
- 4,351 people were served at the outdoor food pantry.
- 383 hot meals were served to Family Promise families.
- 300 families received a Hot Stuff, care package (water, paper products, bleach, detergent, sanitizer wipes, diapers, fresh fruit, cereal, eggs, etc) once a month for five months.
Our Commitment to Social Justice
- We believe in building community through inclusiveness and service to all.
- We believe diversity is important in everything we do.
- We believe in equal opportunity, and we will treat every individual with the dignity and respect they deserve.
- We believe we will be stronger and better by working together to serve those less fortunate.
- We believe in social change and we will work toward that goal.
Here are the current Board Members for the Soup Kitchen