Together We Can Tackle Hunger
Rally your parish and church youth and team up with IOCC this Souper Bowl Sunday.
How to Get Started
Announce that your parish will be a part of the Souper Bowl of Caring, and ask parishioners to bring a nonperishable food item and small monetary contribution to Divine Liturgy on Sunday, February 8.
Discuss the Souper Bowl with your youth group. Lead them in a discussion on community service and serving people in need. Read the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10 25-37) and relate the teaching of "helping our neighbor" with participation in the Souper Bowl.
Choose a monetary goal for your parish to reach through the contributions collected for IOCC on Souper Bowl Sunday.
Collect the donations on Sunday, February 8. The youth should stand at exits with large soup pots or a similar container to receive the food donations. Other youth can help pass collection trays at the appropriate time.
Deliver the nonperishables to the selected food bank.
Mail checks to IOCC using the Souper Bowl Sunday mailer your parish received, or donate online using this page.
Debrief your Souper Bowl experience to reinforce the message of service and volunteerism with the youth.
Your gifts to IOCC on Souper Bowl Sunday will help people in need across the globe.
Other Ways to Help
If you'd like to support our Souper Bowl of Caring campaign with a financial gift, please use this secure donation page. Your donation will help provide clean water for those in remote areas, health services to malnourished children and the elderly, assistance to refugees, and so much more.