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Kinsmen present Soup Haven with cheque at St. Paul’s

Nobody should ever have to go without food, especially kids. For some families, however, the harrowing decision of whether to spend the last few dollars on rent and not have enough to eat is very real. It can happen to anyone.
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Nobody should ever have to go without food, especially kids. For some families, however, the harrowing decision of whether to spend the last few dollars on rent and not have enough to eat is very real.

It can happen to anyone. The mom or dad who loses their job due to downsizing. ‘They’ll find something else,’ people might say, but as anyone who has faced an extended job search knows, it isn’t always that easy to find a new job quickly.

Even with a stellar history and impeccable references, sometimes the money runs out before another job comes in.

Few things could be more heartbreaking than having to look at your hungry child and not be able to feed them. It’s not something anyone would want to picture, but for many people, that nightmare is their reality. More often than not, this is through absolutely no fault of their own.

Enter The Soup Haven: Often, this the only way kids will get any food that day at all. The hardworking folks who run the program devote their lives to making sure no kid ever has to go hungry.

That takes money. Not only money, but donations and time. The program relies on the community to stay afloat.

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and today, the community stepped up for an act of generosity in what can only be described as the Yorkton way.

At St. Paul’s School, the Kinsmen announced a generous donation of $5 000 to the Soup Kitchen. These funds will go toward purchasing and preparing food. Students will, of course, be the main beneficiary.

“You know, I was thinking, the Kinsmen and the Soup Haven have a lot in common,” said Marilyn Dyck, Program Director for the Haven.

“We do provide lunches for students daily. We feed about 300 kids a day in the City of Yorkton, but we also provide milk. Milk is very expensive. We can do two milk a week, at 60 cents each, and we also do bulk milk which we send to schools and it costs us $77.35. Now, that doesn’t sound like much, but that’s every week what we do for our bulk, and then we do $139.20 for our little milk that comes.

“It costs us about $216 a week. For some students, that’s the only milk they get. They are not fortunate enough to open their fridge door and grab some milk, or to grab some food. So, that’s what we’re doing and we’re providing at the Soup Haven, and we appreciate all that you do with the Kinsmen.”

If you would like to donate either funds or food (both are very welcome), the Soup Kitchen would be very grateful --- and you’re making sure no kid will have to go to bed hungry.

To get in touch with the Soup Kitchen, you can donate online from the comfort of your living room by going to http://www.thesouphaven.ca/donations.html . A receipt will be provided for all donations over $20.

You can also call them at (306) 782-5666.