St Patrick’s Church, Scranton, named as winner of annual competition

Help House has announced the winners of its annual Souper Soup-a-Thon food drive. St Patrick’s Church, Scranton, took first place and the gold award with a donation total of 468 items, soup and crackers.

In second, for the silver award, was Overbrook United Methodist Church, with a donation of 367 items. The third place bronze award went to Christian Church Fellowship, Carbondale, with 248 items.

Help House’s annual soup drive pits churches against churches to see which can collect the most cans of soup and other food items to help stock the food pantry.

Honorable mentions went to other contributors in the competition, Community Covenant Church, Osage City, First Baptist Church, Lyndon, St. Patrick’s Church, Osage City, and United Methodist Church, Melvern, which together gathered 629 items. The overall total was 1,712 items, and included many cans of soup, boxes of crackers, and other food items for Help House’s food pantry.

Help House offers a big thank you to everyone who donated to the food pantry during this year’s Soup-a-Thon.

For more information, visit Help House at 131 W. 15th St., Lyndon, Kan., see www.helphouse.online, call 785-828-4888, or email osagecountyhh@gmail.com.

Information thanks to Raylene Quaney.