Delmont Presbyterian’s 2009 Souper Bowl Spells Success

The youth of Delmont Presbyterian Church participated in the recent nationwide Souper Bowl of Caring held on Super Bowl Sunday, February 1.   

Elder Lynn Mance with junior youth group leaders Debbie and Bryan Lukacs organized this year’s event. By working together with both the junior and senior youth groups and the Sunday school classes the participants raised a cash donation of $1,781.00 and collected 273 canned and pantry food items.  All donations were donated to the Westmoreland County Food Bank. 

The Souper Bowl of Caring is a youth-led grassroots movement of caring, the result of thousands of young people joining together to fight hunger and poverty in their communities.  Since its start in 1990, over $50 million has been raised for charities across the country. 100% of the collections are donated directly to the charity of the group’s own choice. It is a tremendous opportunity to make young people aware of this chronic hunger problem and do something personally about it. 

The DPC project began on January 11 with kick off Sunday.  The congregation viewed a promotional DVD and several youth presented a skit at both worship services. Also on that day, a grocery cart was placed in the church foyer to begin the food drive.   

A group of youth and adults solicited for cash and food donations on Saturday January 31 at the Delmont Wal-Mart.  This not only gave the community the opportunity to help but also brought awareness to the hunger problem in our county and to this national event.  The youth extends thanks to the Wal-Mart managers and shoppers for their support. 

On the big day, February 1, all participants wore special t-shirts donated by a congregational member.  Several youth presented a skit entitled “The Shuffling Chef” and the youth then collected cash donations in soup pots following each worship service. Many members of the congregation also donated homemade soup for a soup sale held that day. Approximately 100 pints and quarts of soup were sold. Not only did this make the cash donation pot a lot bigger many enjoyed the delicious soup. 

The DPC youth have participated for the past four years in the Souper Bowl of Caring and are already registered for 2010.  They are designated Ambassadors of the Souper Bowl of Caring and would be happy to help any interested youth group participate.  If interested, contact Lynn at mancedancer@windstream.net.