Delivering Christmas – Taste 'N' See Soup Kitchen
Over the past month, The Evening Sun staff has been going out into the community to perform good deeds. The team has been working with non-profit agencies and charitable organizations to help “Deliver Christmas” to the community and the organizations who do so much throughout the year.
Every weekday in December, staff members worked with different groups, performing tasks like cooking meals for the hungry, reading to children at the local schools, helping sort food for community food drives, packing up personal care items to be sent to children in Afghanistan, and contributing books to the Chenango County Toys for Tots campaign, among many others.
On Monday night, Jeff Genung, Patrick Newell and I visited the Taste and See Soup Kitchen in Oxford. For Jeff and I, it was our second visit to the soup kitchen. In the fall, The Evening Sun staff volunteered as part of the United Way’s Second Annual Day of Caring. For Pat, volunteering at the Soup Kitchen is a weekly tradition.
Soup kitchen organizer Charlie McMullen said they never need to ask for volunteers to come. Somehow, the volunteers just show up as they are needed and help make the event possible.
McMullen explained the weekly meal is organized as more of a community dinner than anything else. Some diners chose to leave a contribution in the tip jar, but a contribution is never required. McMullen said all year, he has seen an increase in the number of people attending the weekly dinners.
Monday’s event was one of the busiest of the year, due to a special appearance by Santa Claus himself. A Christmas dinner was served at 5:30, and by 6 p.m. Santa Claus was ready to make his appearance. Jeff, Pat and I helped Santa hand out candy canes and goodies to all of the children at the event. The children lined up and waited for their turn to sit with Santa and get their picture taken. The photos will be distributed in the next few weeks.
After seeing all of the good work that the soup kitchen volunteers do every week, we felt inspired to help them a little more by placing a donation in the tip jar on our way out the door. The contributions are used to buy food to continue the program.
The Taste and See Soup Kitchen serves meals at 5:30 p.m. every Monday at St. Paul’s Parish Hall on Man Street in Oxford. For more information about volunteering or contributing to the Taste and See Soup Kitchen, contact Charlie McMullen at 843-7215.
Every weekday in December, staff members worked with different groups, performing tasks like cooking meals for the hungry, reading to children at the local schools, helping sort food for community food drives, packing up personal care items to be sent to children in Afghanistan, and contributing books to the Chenango County Toys for Tots campaign, among many others.
On Monday night, Jeff Genung, Patrick Newell and I visited the Taste and See Soup Kitchen in Oxford. For Jeff and I, it was our second visit to the soup kitchen. In the fall, The Evening Sun staff volunteered as part of the United Way’s Second Annual Day of Caring. For Pat, volunteering at the Soup Kitchen is a weekly tradition.
Soup kitchen organizer Charlie McMullen said they never need to ask for volunteers to come. Somehow, the volunteers just show up as they are needed and help make the event possible.
McMullen explained the weekly meal is organized as more of a community dinner than anything else. Some diners chose to leave a contribution in the tip jar, but a contribution is never required. McMullen said all year, he has seen an increase in the number of people attending the weekly dinners.
Monday’s event was one of the busiest of the year, due to a special appearance by Santa Claus himself. A Christmas dinner was served at 5:30, and by 6 p.m. Santa Claus was ready to make his appearance. Jeff, Pat and I helped Santa hand out candy canes and goodies to all of the children at the event. The children lined up and waited for their turn to sit with Santa and get their picture taken. The photos will be distributed in the next few weeks.
After seeing all of the good work that the soup kitchen volunteers do every week, we felt inspired to help them a little more by placing a donation in the tip jar on our way out the door. The contributions are used to buy food to continue the program.
The Taste and See Soup Kitchen serves meals at 5:30 p.m. every Monday at St. Paul’s Parish Hall on Man Street in Oxford. For more information about volunteering or contributing to the Taste and See Soup Kitchen, contact Charlie McMullen at 843-7215.
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