Our Mission:
The East Side Soup Kitchen will provide a nutritious lunchtime meal Monday through Friday to all who come to the door with dignity and respect for each person. The East Side Soup Kitchen will also provide an After-School Meal to children at all recreation centers requesting service in writing.
At the present time, the sites are as follows: YMCA After-School Programs at the YMCA, Jerome School and Houghton School, New Alternatives Youth Center, the Cathedral District Youth Center, Interim Alternative Education Program, and Tabernacle Youth Study Program.
No limits exist regarding degree of need, race and/or religious beliefs in either program.
- Optical Services
- Medical Clinic Services
- Miscellaneous Needs
February: Souper Bowl Sunday
June: ESSK Annual Golf Outing
August: Stuff-A-Bus
September: Spaghetti Dinner
November: Annual Holiday Appeal card mailed to donors.
Food Wish List

Canned Vegetables
- - Green Beans
- - Pork & Beans
- - Corn
- - Peas
Canned Fruit
- - Peaches
- - Pears
- - Fruit Cocktail
- - Applesauce
Additional Items
- - Spaghetti Sauce
- - Yams/Sweet Potatoes
- - Tuna and/or Salmon
- - Coffee
- - Any kind of Packaged Cookies
- - Any kind of Fresh Fruit
- - Pudding and Fruit Cups
Gift Certificates for
Sam's Club or Gordon Foods
