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WRAL story garners donations, volunteers for Raleigh soup kitchen
Leaders of the Shepherds Table soup kitchen in downtown Raleigh are thankful for an overwhelming response to their plea for help. It came after a WRAL story highlighting the ministry’s decline in volunteers and donations largely due to the impact of COVID-19.
OF ADULTS WOULD GET A GOVERNMENT APPROVED VACCINE, 22% SAID THEY WOULD NOT. >>> A WRAL MORNING ORIGINAL. >>> LEADERS OF THE FEEDING MINISTRY ARE THANKFUL FOR AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AFTER OUR STORY LAST FRIDAY. THE PROGRAM WAS LOW ON VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS, AND NOW WE SEE SUPPORT IS POURING IN. LAST FRIDAY, LEADERS OF THE SHEPPARD STABLE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH HAD NEVER SEEN A GREATER NEED, THE PANDEMIC LED TO MORE HOMELESS, AS WELL AS LAID-OFF WORKERS COMING TO THIS DOOR FOR FIVE HOT LUNCHES PER WEEK. AT THE SAME TIME, MORE THAN 40- YEAR-OLD MINISTRY FACED A DWINDLING NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS. >> WE NEED THAT SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER. >> THE PLEA FOR HELP WAS FOLLOWED BY A BIG RESPONSE. >> PEOPLE WANT TO VOLUNTEER MORE. >> IT IS HARD TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE AND THE KINDNESS THAT PEOPLE ARE SHOWING US RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY KNOW WE ARE IN NEED. >> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS THEY HAVE HAD OVER 400 EMAILED DONATIONS. >> I TELL YOU, SOME OF THE EMAILS I GOT WERE SO TOUCHING THEY BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. >> COUPLE RECENTLY DIED HOLDING HANDS AFTER ABOUT WITH COVID- 19. UNDER THE $25 AND HONOR GIVES HUMIDITY AND GROWING NEEDS OF THIS TIME. >> OF FILIGREE NEEDED TO COME DOWN AND HELP. >> FOR THIS BUNCH PREPARING FOR LUNCH, IT IS ENCOURAGING. >> PEPIN PEOPLE STEP KNOWING THE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER US IN THE FUTURE, WE SERVE 360 40s A YEAR. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE EMOTION, THEY ALSO RECEIVED A DONATION FROM A PERSON WHO LOST THEIR