Welcome to Feed'em Soup Community Project

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Feed’em Soup Community project’s goal is to provide meals, offer encouragement and support, and supply opportunities to those in need within our community.

Every day in America there are people who struggle to provide food for themselves and their families. With an increasing unemployment rate and a sinking economy the need to help others is more important than ever. Did you know that here in DeKalb County alone there are 161 registered homeless people? ⁽¹⁾ How many others remain unregistered?

The U.S. Census Bureau defines poverty as a family of four making less than $21,947 annually; in our county, 12.1% of people fall into this category. This means 12,865 people are struggling to provide basic needs such as nutrition, education, clothing, and shelter for themselves and their families. ⁽²⁾

Estimates based on real costs in local areas reveal that in DeKalb County it takes a 1-parent family with a preschooler and a school-aged child $46,986 to make ends meet. ⁽³⁾

Children are particularly vulnerable with 2,256 children living below the poverty line; a child poverty rate of 10% exists in DeKalb County. ⁽³⁾

From these numbers there is a need. A need for Feed'em Soup Community Project to extend help in the form of more than a soup kitchen, but as a community effort to help our neighbors.