St. Vinny’s to stage 6th Soup-off for homeless

ONLY 2 TICKETS LEFT: Huckleberries has received six tickets to give away for the “Soup-off” at the Fairgrounds this Thursday. The donor especially wanted them to go to people who have not previously attended this event. Let me know if you’d like tickets. First come, first served.

Temperatures are dropping and the folks at St. Vincent de Paul prepare for winter in unique ways: they know that to open their warming shelters and feed the hungry, their winter budget needs to allow for more blankets, warm socks, soap, toilet paper, food, hot beverages, bigger heating and maintenance bills, and, yes, readying snow blowers.

To that end, they’re staging the 6th annual Souport the End of Homelessness on Thursday, November 19, at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. St. Vinny’s and a horde of volunteers from the community will offer about 40 home-made soups for your tasting. The ticket price is a flat $10, and the guarantee is that you won’t leave hungry. The soups are prepared, donated, and served by volunteer teams from various businesses and organizations, Great Harvest is again donating rolls, and bottled water is provided by Doyles; this allows all proceeds to support the warming shelters.

The first year’s event drew about 300, but last year almost 1000 tasters enjoyed the soups, games, crafts items and filled baskets for sale, and at least that many are expected this year. St. Vinny’s raises funds, folks have a great lunch, and the heat in the warming shelters stays on this winter. Win-win-win.