OUR MISSION
Our mission at the Wildwood Soup Kitchen is to be obedient to God's command to love our neighbor. We do this by providing healthy and appetizing meals to all who come to us - to the food insecure, the hungry and the lonely.
Feeding the Hungry of Sumter County, Florida
Our work is a work of compassion as we strive to recognize the worth and value of each individual.
OUR PURPOSE
The Wildwood Soup Kitchen is a shared ministry, an ecumenical effort by churches, organizations and individuals in Sumter County, Florida.
The Wildwood Soup Kitchen provides meals at no cost to our guests; but it also provides a place of hospitality and companionship for those in need, regardless of sex, religion, race, or national origin, ensuring equal treatment for everyone. It is sustained by compassionate and committed volunteers, and by the generous contributions of donors. The Wildwood Soup Kitchen is truly one ongoing miracle.
To achieve this mission our volunteers are involved in a host of activities beyond just preparing and delivering meals. It includes participation in food drives; collection of food from many churches, businesses, organizations; sorting and storing food; distribution of food to our partners and other organizations; and working with welfare related organizations to support those in need.
These activities are continuous to enable the soup kitchen to operate on a daily basis. Our pickup drivers bring some donated food to the soup kitchen. Sorters screen and organize the food, cooks and kitchen helpers prepare and serve meals, and our route drivers deliver meals to the shut-ins. Our volunteer cleaners ensure that the soup kitchen is always clean and ready to prepare safe meals. We have volunteers who coordinate all these activities.
