Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church

Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church (UMC) supports the La Soupe donation drive throughout January.

The church’s website encouraged members to donate items for La Soupe’s high school students and teachers. They added the students are learning how to cook by themselves for their families.

Besides, the church posted items such as canned goods like marinara sauce and diced tomatoes to give members ideas on what to give. They also suggest giving lentils and Lasagna noodles, as added on the website.

As further mentioned, the members could choose regular-sized items and place them in the bins at the church entrances throughout January.

La Soupe Cincinnati

The La Soupe Cincinnati website emphasized that it serves as a bridge between food waste and hunger. They explained that their chef-based model uses their volunteer network to save decomposable from farms, grocers, and wholesalers.

Moreover, they highlighted that they have a very gifted Transform group of chefs and volunteers who change this food into healthy soups and meals. They stressed that these meals and soups are given out to nearly 100 share partners to feed those who lack food.

In addition, people could buy the food their Transform team created at their retail storefront, as mentioned on the website.

La Soupe Cincinnati emphasized that they have a well-established program reviving prepared overages from restaurants and catering. They send them directly to agencies that feed the food insecure.

Uniqueness of La Soupe

According to the same website, La Soupe differs from other organizations because they have a Board of Health Certification. They stated that all things they rescue are contemplated and logged before they sort them.

As noted on the website, they monitor everything their share partners receive. They added that they have enough time to change the “slightly imperfect produce” to outstanding products for other organizations.

More importantly, the website noted that La Soupe considers the cultural difference in its initiatives. They pointed out that these differences make their city beautiful.

The website emphasized that they compost everything unsuitable for human consumption at La Soupe. They explained that they give those that inedible to pig framers or in the wolf sanctuary before they throw anything into the landfill.

Impact of La Soupe

The La Soupe website revealed they had rescued three million pounds of food. They stated they are working with Castellini, Kroger, Jungle Jim’s, and numerous local farmers to save over-ordered or “ugly” produce.

Moreover, they emphasized that they had 1.5 million servings from their local chiefs at La Soupe. They mentioned that their chefs exceeded the challenge.

The website highlighted that their Bucket Brigade works bolster La Soupe’s weekly “soupe” production using rescued ingredients.

La Soupe’s community partners took on total meal production to raise their influence amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. They added that they used all restored ingredients and gave 100% to their share partners.

More importantly, the website mentioned that La Soupe distributes meals to less fortunate families through their 81 “share” partner organizations. These agencies include schools, community groups, pantries, and more, as stated on the website.