Soup Kitchen

Project Host began in 1981 as a Soup Kitchen in the parish hall of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. While we’ve expanded our programs over the past 40+ years, our Soup Kitchen still anchors our work in the community. Every day of the week except Saturdays we serve a hot, made-from-scratch lunch to anyone who comes to our facility between 11AM and noon, no questions asked. We rely on volunteers and donations, both monetary and food, to sustain our operations, and we invite you to support our work in the community.

We also work with area churches and community organizations to offer evening meals (we provide the food, partners serve in their space) and utilize our food truck as a mobile Soup Kitchen. To learn more about becoming an evening meals or bagged lunch partner site, email us.

Program Impact

An average of 40,000 free meals served out of the Soup Kitchen annually

A daily average of 80-120 people served in the soup kitchen

An average of 500 free meals served through the evening meals and HostMobile Food Outreach program Weekly

Testimonials

Testimonials

“You get to know guests by name and hear their stories. I remember just being shocked one day when I came and found out one of the regular guests had died. He was such a great guy, and it really bothered me, so much so that I wrote a story about him in a writing class and how much he meant to us all. He didn't have much, but he was so full of life and so grateful. Here's a person who has nothing, but is rich in so many ways.”

-Rosemarie Winters, Volunteer

Testimonial

“Doing something good for someone else is always rewarding. I think I get more benefit out of it than the guests do, and when people come back and say, ‘Man! That was delicious!’ or ‘Those greens were great! Just like my mama used to fix,’ you feel like you're doing something good and giving people comfort food they don't get on a daily basis.”

-Rosemarie Winters, Volunteer

Testimonials

“Every day is a memory to take with me. Every day that I’m here, every second, every hour, I’m going to take it with me. Even when I’m 70, I want to be one of those little old ladies still coming to Project Host!”

-Amanda Worley, Volunteer

Testimonials

“I love to cook, so I can have fun when someone says, ‘Make something out of what we've got in the pantry,’ and it's rewarding in that respect for me. I also like the camaraderie with the other volunteers.”

-Rosemarie Winters, Volunteer