Red Star visit local soup kitchen

22 Dec 2021 in News

Seaham Red Star visited the Sunderland Community Soup kitchen on Wednesday evening to help give out food and donate £1400.

The charitable organisation was founded three years ago and has been providing less fortunate people in Sunderland with meals and food supplies, four nights a week every week.

 

Seaham have pledged £700 as a club and owner Adam Jenkins has donated a further £700 as well as an executive box for a Sunderland football match, to thank staff for their hard work.

 

The kitchen is 100% self funded and relies on donations to allow it to continue its vital work in the community as they help around 100 people per night.

 

Founder and project co-ordinator Andrea Bell spoke whilst helping many locals receive a hot meal and some groceries, saying: “Covid has been difficult, we had no food coming in because everybody is hanging onto their food.”

 

“We don’t get grants and we are pretty much self sustained so donations are paramount to us but we have a great service and people see that so we get good support.”

 

The donation will be the start of a partnership between Seaham Red Star and the Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen as the club will be helping out to the best of its ability.

 

Adam Jenkins said: “It’s essential that myself and Seaham Red Star as a football club help our community as much as we can. We are now in winter and with freezing temperatures so it’s critical we help people who are homeless who may not survive.”


If you’d like to support the vital work Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen deliver, you can donate here: https://gofund.me/0cc0f0ee

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