10/31/2025
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are currently unavailable or delayed for low-income individuals and families across the country. This disruption to SNAP and many other social services has created an urgent food insecurity for unhoused and unsheltered individuals in Center City, who already face limited access to regular meals.
Starting this Wednesday, November 5th, the Center-Philadelphia will host a weekly Soup-To-Go meal distribution outside the Broad Street entrance of Arch Street United Methodist Church to offset the burden of the SNAP shutdown.
Each week through November (and longer if needed), unhoused and unsheltered neighbors can stop by for a cup of hot soup as well as a small snack or roll as available:
Wednesday 11/5 4-5pm
Wednesday 11/12 4-5pm
Wednesday 11/19 4-5pm
Tuesday 11/25 4-5pm (Adjusted for Thanksgiving.)
Want to help share the load? We can't do it without you!
Donate:
https://thecenterphiladelphia.org/donate/
Help us cover the costs of ingredients, packaging, and supplies for this program and offset the burden it places on our day-to-day.
Sign up to volunteer: https://centerphiladelphia.app.neoncrm.com/eventCalendar.jsp
Join our team on Wednesday afternoons to prepare and package the soup, and serve our guests. Volunteer call time is 2:30pm to assist with meal preparation.
Partner:
Local restaurants, cafés, and businesses can donate soup or sides. Interested, or know someone who might be? Reach out to [email protected] to coordinate.
In moments like these, it is important that every helping hand comes together to bridge gaps in services, reminding us that compassionate community care doesn’t take a break when government services do. It strengthens.
