 | Participant Stories
Jerry Allen :: Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church Dallas, TX :: 2010
Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church's participation in this year's Souper Bowl of Caring was a part of a special day we called, SPECTACULAR SUPER SUNDAY IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. This was a high attendance day in which we set a goal of 777 in Sunday School. In conjunction with this, we wanted to be involved in the Souper Bowl of Caring to help kick off the Boy Scout Can Food Drive which we participate in every year at this time. Our goal for can food goods on Sunday, February 7, was 1500 with a total goal of 2500 for the Boy Scout collection date of February 20. We also decided that any money collected would go to Haitian Relief. As people brought their can goods in on Sunday, February 7, the Scouts began stacking the items in the Church Foyer. The stacked can goods were to be a visual reminder of the Food Drive since we would be collecting through the 20th.
SPECTACULAR SUPER SUNDAY was a huge success. We had 734 in Sunday School and collected 1417 items to kick off the Boy Scout Can Food Drive. There was also a $25 donation for Haitian Relief.
The food items will go to the White Rock Center of Hope which is a food bank in our area that we support in multiple ways (monetary support, volunteers, clothing, and food items).
Alison Beazley :: The Winston School Dallas, TX :: 2010
Year Two of the Souper Bowl of Caring is the Best Yet!
Year two of hosting the Souper Bowl of Caring Kick-off event was bigger and better than we could imagine! Hosting a tailgate party in our gym for students, parents and local dignitaries proved fun and exciting for us all. Students in Lower and Middle School helped to provide signs to promote hunger relief while Upper School students created and managed booths to bring light to some of the hunger related issues faced by our community. Upper School Art Academy students showed off their skills of pottery and woodworking by creating unique bowls for the Empty Bowls project, another important fundraising opportunity for the North Texas Food Bank. All of the major television stations came to interview dignitaries and students and share the news of the program to the community. Notables included Drew Pearson, former Dallas Cowboy wide receiver and presidents of both the North Texas and Tarrant Area Food Banks. The Dallas Cowboy’s mascot, Rowdy, helped to entertain the crowd along with The Winston School cheerleaders and our band debuted the new school fight song. Local grocery stores provided lunch for all who attended including hot dogs, drinks, chips and cookies. Prizes, games and food were enjoyed by all.
Families at Winston again showed great compassion by donating over a ton of food for the North Texas Food Bank. In total, The Winston School donated almost 2,250 pounds of food and $500 which will provide over 10,000 meals to needy North Texans. The community at The Winston School continues to show they care! Congratulations on a job well done!
Kathie Moss :: Burleson Community of Christ Burleson, TX :: 2010
We are the Community of Christ church in Burleson, TX. Each year on the first Sunday in February, we have a potluck after our worship service. People are encouraged to bring soup, chili, stew or anything to be eaten out of a bowl. However, we take the play on words on step further. We have "Souper Bowl Sundae"! After our lunch, we make ice cream sundaes for dessert! Everyone attending is asked to make a donation to benefit our local food bank, Harvest House. We are a very small congregation, but in spite of that, this year we raised $187.00 on that one meal! God bless you!
Frances Uhrik :: St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Youth Group Richardson, TX :: 2008
It was our first time participating in this event so we bombarded the congregations with youth speakers, posters, fliers. Then on days of collection, we lined the church entry way with all sizes of pots & baskets. It was awesome to see people's faces light up when they told visitors what our youth group was doing. And to see children proudly place their donations in the containers. Awesome experience for all!
Ann Hafften :: Messiah Lutheran Curch Weatherford, TX :: 2008
Our Sunday school children and confirmation students prepared and served a spaghetti and salad lunch for the whole congregation. They passed the Souper Bowl, decorated by the Sunday school children, as folks departed the church or stood in line for lunch. Enthusiasm was high throughout the Messiah community.
Cathy Rogers - Youth Director :: Aldersgate UMC Youth Group Carrollton, TX :: 2008
This year our youth led the Congregational Worship Services 1 week before Souper Bowl of Caring. Our Worship theme was "World Hunger" with a strong emphasis in the "world" being in our back yard - our community. The knowledge gained by the youth and shared with our congregation made a huge difference in how we view the world and how much we can help others with our efforts.
Shawn O'Hara :: Creek Valley Middle School Carrollton, TX :: 2008
Our Student Council and our National Junior Honor Society joined forces this year to manage the Souper Bowl of Caring. I am the moderator of our Student Council and my students were in charge of setting up each morning and collecting the canned goods and writing down information about contributors for a contest that we ran in our homerooms. The NJHS teacher was making sure that her students tallied the number of canned goods and recorded them on goal sheets that were hung in our cafeteria. About the 3rd day into the campaign the NJHS moderator, Carrie Woods tracked me down to ask me the status because she didn't know what was going on. I was similarly confused as I had turned over the info to one of my students and assumed they were taking it to her room to work on. When we sorted out the situation we found that one students had really just stepped up into a leadership role in a big way and he was handling the entire campaign. He had people working for him and everything was getting done exactly as we wanted it to be, because Ritthy Son was in charge.
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Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
"During the week of our collection, we had a family whose house burned. We decided that since we were all so affected by this event to donate 100 cans to the family in need." (more) Ms. Lewis, Nichols JH - StuCo in Arlington, TX
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