Sponsoring Organizations/Volunteers
Most of the days at the Soup Kitchen in Benton Harbor are staffed by churches and a few businesses. Most groups donate the food for their day at the Soup Kitchen. They also cook, serve and help with light clean-up in the kitchen. It sounds like a lot of work, but volunteers arrive between 9 and 9:30a.m. and finish shortly after 1 p.m.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Ann LaForest & Friends
Baroda Church of God
Berrien Springs Middle School, Special Ed Class
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Christian Reformend Church of St Joseph
Coloma United Methodist Church
First Church of God - St Joseph
First Congregational Church - St Joseph
First Presbyterian Church - Benton Harbor
First United Methodist Church - St Joseph
Highland Avenue SDA Church
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Hartford
Michiana Fil-Am SDA Church Youth Group
Muslims of Benton Harbor
Napier Parkview Baptist Church
New Paradise Baptist Church
Our Lady Queen of Peace, Bridgman
Scottdale United Methodist Church
Sister Lakes Community Church
St Augustine of Canterbury Church
St Bernard's Parish
St John's Catholic Church
St Joseph Catholic Church, Saint Joseph, MI
St Joseph Catholic Church Youth Ministries
St Peter's Church
Stevensville United Methodist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church - Berrien Springs
Twin City Area Newcomers Club
Washington Avenue Church of God
Watervliet Helpers
Woodland Shores Baptist Church
Zion Evangelical UCC of Saint Joseph
Zion United Church of Christ - Baroda
In Memoriam, 2011
Remembering friends of the Soup Kitchen who have passed away recently:
Tim "Bulldog" Allen
Janet Allkins
Jessie Beck
Walter Booth
Amanda Burgess
Myrna Carey
Herbert Hahn
Georgia "Jo" Isom
Rene Laney
Margaret Pomeroy
Tom Porter
Norm Snow
Al Tio
Robert Wade (Rabbit)
Other Volunteers and Donors this Past Year
Other Groups:
Andrews University Nursing Students
Graduate Students from Andrews University
Honor Credit Union
Lake Michigan College Food Service Employees
Lake Michigan College Nursing Students
Former Peace Temple Church Members
Salvation Army Men’s Shelter
Groups who retired from the Soup Kitchen recently
Friends of Becks
Feldbrugge Family
Homeworks Construction
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
New and/or Returning Volunteer Groups
Andrews Korean SDA Church
Saron Lutheran Church
Watervliet Helpers
Other Volunteers:
Men’s Shelter – shoveling snow, serving
Mike Whittaker – bread pickup
Gateway - bread pickup
Several dozen community service volunteers
Regular Weekly Donors:
Golden Brown Bakery
Martin’s Supermarkets
Andrews University Ag Dept -- fresh produce from their gardens
Bluebird Meadows - organic produce