SOUP KITCHEN IN PROVINCETOWN ANNUAL APPEAL
With gratitude for your ongoing support, the Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP) begins its 33rd season. The SKIP board, staff and volunteers are mindful of the lifeline that you—our individual and business donors—have extended to us as the primary source of our funding.
Last season, your generosity not only helped us fight the Outer Cape’s food insecurity and off-season isolation but allowed us to serve a record 26,000-plus meals! We remain committed to expanding our services to those whose needs become more pronounced during the fall and winter months. In addition to underwriting our weekday lunches and weekend to-go meals, your donation helps us maintain and expand a host of services, including:
—MEAL DELIVERY. We have implemented a delivery program successfully tested over the summer months. We’re now able to home-deliver nutritious meals to those with health, mobility and other qualifying issues. This new service will be available throughout the year.
—FOOD GIFT CARDS. Supermarket gift cards are available at SKIP’s office and throughout the region. Card recipients are identified in partnership with the likes of Helping Our Women (HOW) and a church largely serving the area’s Jamaican community.
—CROP SWAP. SKIP has made additional monthly funds available for this year-round, free provider of fresh fruit and vegetables, located at the Provincetown Public Library.
—HEALTH & WELLNESS. We’re able to monitor our guests’ blood pressure and assess other health needs through twice-monthly registered nurse visits. Additionally, our NARCAN training will help ensure a rapid response to drug-related emergencies.
—OUTREACH. To assist those in need of more than hot meals and companionship, we’re building partnerships with such organizations as HOW and the Homeless Prevention Council.
To donate in this season of giving, you may use the QR code in the upper-right corner of this letter, go to our website — www.skipfood.org, or mail a check to SKIP in the enclosed envelope.
In gratitude, we wish you and yours a most happy and healthy Holiday Season!
THE SKIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Philip Franchini (Chairperson), Mark Bjorstrom (Vice Chair and Treasurer), Mary Ashley (Secretary), Erik Cordes. Libby Cressey, Martha Fagan, Peter Maye, Donna Reardon, Roger Secours, Robert Sweetman
SKIP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.