The need is there, and it’s growing.

Kitchen Manager Mike Pilat reports a significant increase in meals being served at Mother Marianne’s West Side Kitchen.

The first three quarters of 2024 have already outpaced all of 2023.

“We went by last year’s total of 43,182 with 43,319 meals served as of September 30th,” he noted.

The soup kitchen served hot meals and bagged lunches totaling well over 5,000 per month for the past quarter.  In the past three months (July-September), a total of 15,988 meals fed 11,192 adults, 3,518 senior citizens, and 1,278 children, cumulatively.