CRESTVIEW — First United Methodist Church of Crestview needs hot soup cups and lids, brown lunch bags and resealable bags to provide meals for the homeless.
First UMC volunteers help a local soup kitchen program that several churches participate in, but they have several extra days to serve food due to one location's temporary closure, and there aren't enough supplies.
Central Baptist Church usually provides meals at its Recreation Outreach Center, 1005 S. Pearl St., Crestview, but its soup kitchen is closed January through March for maintenance and upgrades. Meals will be served at the renovated kitchen starting April 4, but in the meantime, other volunteers must fill in the schedule's gaps.
The local soup kitchen program regularly feeds 15 to 20 people, according to First UMC volunteer Anna Jernigan.
She said residents can drop off donations from 1-5p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the building behind First UMC — 599 8th Ave. — on McLaughlin Street.
Alternatively, call 398-8899 to make arrangements.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview soup kitchen needs supplies immediately