{"id":29,"date":"2019-04-30T22:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T22:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reddeersoupkitchen.ca\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:33:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reddeersoupkitchen.ca\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Red Deer Soup Kitchen: Serving the Red Deer Community
<\/strong>“Where Faith Meets Works”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission Statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs\nof the disadvantaged in the Red Deer area in a comfortable and spiritually\nnourishing environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How\ndoes the Red Deer Soup Kitchen meet these needs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Red Deer Soup Kitchen serves a supper every Thursday and Saturday evening from 4:30pm-5:30pm and a brunch every Sunday from 11:30am-12:30pm. We also give out numerous snack bags throughout the week. Additionally, we give out weather appropriate clothing and blankets as well as personal hygiene items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025 we served 27,415 meals and an innumerable number of snack bags during non-serving hours. We had 1,116 in-person volunteers to help prepare and serve those meals. We also had many behind the scenes volunteers on non-serving days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas Dinner 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Christmas dinner 2025- all ready for our guests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lacombe Bethel Christian Reform Church youth volunteers with their Pastor and the gifts they brought with them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Their gifts were so appreciated!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hot chocolate was essential<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Also essential was the many cheerful volunteers to serve our meal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So many blessings this year!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Participants of “Walk in their Shoes” 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Rotary Club of Red Deer East volunteer day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Rotary Club of Red Deer East volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Students from the Saruk Centre volunteer day September 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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weekly donations of bread from Cobs Bread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Burman University volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What else happens at the Red Deer Soup Kitchen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During our non-serving hours we hand out snack bags to anyone who knocks on our door! During the cold weather we also give out jackets, mitts, hats, socks and blankets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just in case:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just in case you were not sure where 5014 49th street is located you might recognize our building as the old German\/Canadian club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snapshots of our work:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Must not burn the chili!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Making grilled cheese is a serious business!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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just one of many dedicated volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It’s just a fun place to volunteer!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU! to all who have blessed us with their time and resources this past year.<\/strong> A special thank you to ADRA Canada for providing additional funding to help us continue this vital community service and<\/strong> A Better World for mentoring and technical support!<\/strong> Also a special thank you to Cobs Bread for their weekly donation of delicious bread!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Deer Soup Kitchen: Serving the Red Deer Community“Where Faith Meets Works” Mission Statement: To meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of the disadvantaged in the Red Deer area in a comfortable and spiritually nourishing environment. How does the Red Deer Soup Kitchen meet these needs? The Red Deer Soup Kitchen serves a … <\/p>\n

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