| The SoupMobile has 3 primary missions which include Feeding & Sheltering the homeless and giving them a magical Christmas every year. Watch the following video for a fun & fascinating look at what we are all about. 
Founded by David Timothy a.k.a. The SoupMan in 2003, the SoupMobile is a 'mobile' soupkitchen that began feeding the homeless. Unlike a regular soup kitchen where the homeless come to you, the SoupMobile is mobile and we go to where the homeless congregate to serve them. In our first year of operations we served 5,000 meals. At the time we thought it was a lot... Now the SoupMobile serves an incredible 200,000 hot, nutritious, tasty meals per year to the homeless on Dallas' South side. More than just food, we serve LOVE to our homeless friends. On a typical day our Head Chef and his assistants arrive at the SoupMobile kitchen at 8:00AM and start cooking. We then serve 600 hot, healthy and hearty meals to the homeless at lunchtime.
With 10,000 homeless in Dallas and only 2,000 shelter beds, simple math tells us there is not enough "Room at the Inn." Without a place to sleep, keep their belongings (including clean clothes) and practice proper hygiene, it is almost impossible for a homeless individual to obtain a job and escape the pit of homelessness. In 2009, SoupMobile launched its supportive housing mission: SoupMobile Village. Unlike some shelters that are just a bed for the night, and against the common prejudice of "not in my back yard," the SoupMobile has created a cost-effective and innovative model for not only housing the homeless, but also returning them to contributing members of their community. The Village consists of a series of group homes located in the Dallas area which are designed to be 'supportive housing' for the formerly homeless. Supportive housing is a combination of housing and services intended as a way to help homeless men and women lead stable, productive lives. Our supportive housing is coupled with partner programs that provide social services such as job training, life skills training, counseling services and mentorship. That's the goal of SoupMobile Village — to teach them to fish and get them back on their feet as productive working members of their community.
Every year at Christmas, the SoupMobile hosts a magical event for our homeless friends. We hold a banquet in THEIR honor and share the gift of giving with those Jesus called "the least of these" at a time when these people have nowhere and no one to turn to. We take 500 homeless men and women right off the streets of Dallas and put them up at the downtown Dallas Hyatt Regency Hotel for Christmas. They all receive new clothes, fabulous gifts and lots of love. Most important is that when they wake up on Christmas morning it's not in a cardboard box under some bridge, but in a warm safe bed at the Hyatt. The SoupMan makes this promise to you, if you sign up to volunteer at the CELEBRATE JESUS event, it will NOT be the best volunteer opportunity of the year for you – it will be the best volunteer opportunity of your LIFE!!! To learn more, click below. |
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Our Missions
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