Help fund Mansfield Soup Kitchen
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The kitchen was started Oct/Nov 2015 by two sisters who wanted to feed the homeless, it was initially a 6 week project but a few of us decided to carry it on into the New Year as typically Jan-Mar have been the colder months.
As March 2016 grew closer the homeless community had begun to rely on us, not only for food and drink, but as an ear to listen, not to be preached at, as a place where they could come and feel equal, feel NORMAL, albeit for a couple of hours, but it has made a difference, we've helped people with mental health issues, drink problems, drug issues, we've even sat with them in hospital until the early hours when one was severely beaten, we've all become family!
Our venue used to be outdoors in the market place but this privelage has now been taken from us and we have been asked to move, we now have to contribute to electric costs, we would like on site storage but can't afford it, we can barely afford the electric!
Any money we get at present goes to buying food to eat on a Wednesday night or to give out as food parcels, but these donations will now have to pay the electric, so we desperately need the odd bit of money, anything you can spare no matter how small, this will help feed our homeless guys whose numbers have risen from around 30 to just over 70 in the past few months!
As March 2016 grew closer the homeless community had begun to rely on us, not only for food and drink, but as an ear to listen, not to be preached at, as a place where they could come and feel equal, feel NORMAL, albeit for a couple of hours, but it has made a difference, we've helped people with mental health issues, drink problems, drug issues, we've even sat with them in hospital until the early hours when one was severely beaten, we've all become family!
Our venue used to be outdoors in the market place but this privelage has now been taken from us and we have been asked to move, we now have to contribute to electric costs, we would like on site storage but can't afford it, we can barely afford the electric!
Any money we get at present goes to buying food to eat on a Wednesday night or to give out as food parcels, but these donations will now have to pay the electric, so we desperately need the odd bit of money, anything you can spare no matter how small, this will help feed our homeless guys whose numbers have risen from around 30 to just over 70 in the past few months!
Organizer
Sara Spalding
Organizer
