Soup Sisters cookbook & the big stir…
If you haven’t heard of the Soup Sisters –you may be, living under the same rock I had been hiding under until, I received an important email back in January. I was asked if I would be interested in taking the cover image for a cookbook, for a local Calgary non profit charitable organization called the “Soup Sisters”. (As you can see from the image below, I over course said yes, and was and still so honoured and thrilled, to have had the opportunity to be a part of this amazing project).
**I bought this book, as gifts for a few friends for Christmas, and the cashier at the book store, looked at the books as he rang them though and said – “I have sold more of this book lately than any other cookbook… (How fabulous is that?!)
So what is it that the fabulous Soup Sisters organization does?
- They organize soup-making events, providing people in their communities with the opportunity to participate hands on in creating nurturing and nourishing soups for women and youth.
- Each city that has a supporting chapter chooses a local women’s shelter or youth organization to benefit from the nourishing soup that is created at each event.
- Soup Sisters decreases the operating costs of shelter recipients by 18-20% through the monthly donation of fresh soup
Once I found out about the Soup Sisters, the name seemed to continuously pop up around me in Calgary, it even popped randomly into a conversation with an acquaintance in Oliver BC …I believe the reason I keep hearing about them is not just because of the amazing work they do, but because there is currently a growing network of over 6000 Soup Sisters participants across Calgary, Diamond Valley, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Waterloo, London, Victoria, Kelowna and Vancouver!
- Since 2009, Soup Sisters has delivered over 75,000 containers of soup to more than 20 shelters recipients in Canada for women and youth.
- Over 8000 bowls of soup are donated to women’s shelters and youth across the country on a monthly basis.
So when I read about a fabulous event that was being planned by Soup Sisters that was to take place on the 22nd of November called the “Big Stir” I knew that I wanted to participate as a volunteer photographer to help capture and preserve the event…
- The event that was attended by 250 participants and 60 Volunteers
- Working together, that night over 1500 servings of soup – or 700 Litres was made!
- The following day that soup was distributed to 9 different beneficiaries across Calgary.
To learn more about the soup sisters or register for an event, visit their website: www.soupsisters.org
