VERO BEACH — The Soup Bowl fundraising event will be held Thursday Nov. 3 at participating locations throughout the county from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for the lunch sites and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the evening sites throughout Indian River County.
The soup, donated by over 80 restaurants, is served at 13 places of worship. Soup is also supplied by more than 20 businesses who serve at their various locations. Soup Bowl at Home events are individual private gatherings.
The Samaritan Center, a long term facility for homeless families with dependent children in Indian River County, geared up for their Soup Bowl fundraising event with the Samaritan Center Soup Bowl workshop held at the Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Artisans produced 1200-plus handmade bowls that will be sold for $10 along with six beautiful soup tureens to be raffled for $1 tickets. Tureen tickets are currently available at Tiger Lily Art Studios and Gallery, Tea and Chi, United Way and Flametree Gallery all on 14th Avenue.
The Samaritan Center is a program of Catholic Charities and is a United Way agency. If you would like to help underwrite the costs of this event, please send contributions to the Samaritan Center at 3650 41st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32967, or contact Shotsi Cain Lajoie at 453-9049 for more information.