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Volunteer Marianne McCausland, left, a 15-year volunteer on the Better Wheeling Soup Kitchen; and worker Cheryl Baylor prepares to serve lunch.
WHEELING – The Better Wheeling Soup Kitchen is now open on Saturdays and desires volunteers each weekdays and Saturdays.
The soup kitchen started closing on Saturdays within the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Almost three years later, the eating room’s doorways are actually open for lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays, with breakfast not out there on Saturday.
The soup kitchen opens at eight:00 a.m. on weekdays to serve breakfast, and lunch is out there from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The ability is closed on Sundays.
As well as, the kitchen gives dinner for kids and their households from 15:30 to 17:30 on Wednesdays. Via all of it, the kitchen is “100 % community-funded and 100 % volunteer-run,” in line with govt director Becky Shilling-Rodocker.
“With out them, we would not be capable of operate and get the job executed,” she defined.
The soup kitchen serves a mean of 250 meals a day between lunch and breakfast, and the assistance of volunteers is appreciated. Generally total teams of volunteers work on the shelter, whereas many days are zero, defined the soup’s Caitlin Rodocker.
Whereas many need to volunteer on the Soup Kitchen throughout the holidays, their need to take action diminishes when January rolls round. On the identical time, the chilly and darkness of winter units in and extra individuals begin coming to the soup.
“Plainly when progress will increase, the variety of volunteers decreases,” in line with Caitlin Rodocker.
The kitchen has seven full-time workers, in addition to two part-time staff. Shilling-Rodocker stated there are numerous causes to need to volunteer on the soup kitchen.
She famous that the soup kitchen constructing at 1610 Eoff St. it’s “some of the imposing buildings in Wheeling.” It was inbuilt 1931 and initially served because the East Wheeling Hearth Station.
“Now it is a group middle and a protected place for individuals to get out of the chilly and the warmth,” Shilling-Rodocker stated. “It is a spot the place they will come, feed their our bodies with meals and have an excellent dialog.”
She believes the constructing can be utilized much more as a group middle.
“Any group that desires to satisfy right here within the night, simply ask us,” Shilling-Rodocker stated.
She describes the power as “clear and welcoming” and a spot anybody can carry kids to introduce them to volunteering.
“It is also a fantastic place for people who find themselves retired who need to volunteer their time and for teams who need to serve the general public,” Shilling-Rodocker stated. “We will accommodate anybody who needs to volunteer.”
These occupied with volunteering or utilizing the kitchens for a group occasion ought to contact 304-233-2992.
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