Soup Kitchens

    
Lehigh University students take on Washington DC [DC Serve Fall 2006]

Lisa, Xochitl, Cheryl, Ali & Hidayah spent 4 days during the Pacing Break to volunteer at the following places:

Martha's Table: a non-profit organization founded in 1980 dedicated to fulfilling the needs of low-income and homeless children, families and individuals. McKenna's Wagon (7 days-a-week) mobile soup kitchen feeds the hungry and homeless at 9 locations in DC. www.marthastable.org

Dinner Program for Homeless Women: a non-profit organization providing hot, nutritionous dinner and social services to 60-90 homeless women and their children. Together with Zacchaeus Kitchen, the Dinner Program also serves breakfast to an average of 275 men and women a day, 6 days a week. http://www.geocities.com/dphomelesswom/

Capital Area Food Bank: the largest, public, non-profit food and nutrition education resource in the Metro Area. They distribute millions of pounds of food to the community and educate thousands of local residents on hunger, poverty and nutrition issues. http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/