Keep Our Community Strong is a project started by an anonymous donor to help small businesses stay open by making meals for the feeding ministries in Sioux Falls. In addition to our ministry here at Bishop Dudley House this project will also provide meals for Call to Freedom, The Banquet and the St. Francis House.
This is a huge blessing that came just in time. All of our meals are prepared and served by volunteer groups, but we started restricting our volunteers from entering the building in the middle of March. This put extra work on top of our staff to make sure that those meals were made and served to roughly 120 guests each day Monday-Friday. Now instead of worrying about where how we will pick up the groceries, how we will manage to get the meal cooked with limited staff, serve the meal and do up the dishes, we just have to hand out the prepared meals. We are so thankful for this amazing gift that not only helps us, but helps our small businesses too.
Bishop Dudley Staff served 100 people PickleBarrel today for lunch!
Anyone wishing to donate to the Keeping our Community Strong project to continue this effort of keeping people working and fed may do so by making an online gift through the St. Francis House web site. Simply click the Donate button below. Donors are asked to put "Keeping our Community Strong" in the description box.
For more information on the Keeping Our Community Strong project, contact Julie Becker, executive director at the St. Francis House, via email at director@stfrancishouse.com or by calling 605-334-3879.