Gettysburg Community Soup Kitchen

Many thanks to Jacobys Tire & Auto LLC for hosting this awesome Car Show to benefit the Gettysburg Community Soup Kitchen.
The event was a huge success and raised $5500 to support feeding those facing food insecurity in our community.
The need is great and so are you folks. We appreciate your kindness and generosity in choosing to support our mission through your event.

Good morning Soup Kitchen fans,

We are very excited to tell you that Adams County Community Foundation has released their donor guide and donation form for 2026 Giving Spree! Our donation number is 50 if you would like to give to the Gettysburg Community Soup Kitchen. Every gift, large or small, makes a difference.

We join over 100 local nonprofits in this amazing event that supports local Adams County nonprofits. You can give NOW through the mail or you can join us on November 5th at Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel. You can also give online on November 5th too.

For more info please click the link below: https://www.adamscountycf.org/grants-scholarships/giving-spree-registration/

A Note from the Director of Operations Sandy Lutz 🍲

Hello Facebook Friends, Donors and Soup Kitchen Fans,

It’s been a fast and furious few months at the Soup Kitchen. With guest numbers ranging from 86 at a minimum and over 100 on several days each month, we have gone through a lot of food and supplies. We can not be more grateful for the donations of food and funds that continued to come in over the past few months, and despite the kids returning to school our guest numbers continue to rise.

As we head into Fall and the upcoming holiday season it’s time to appeal to our faithful donors to help us restock our shelves to continue meeting the needs of those who are hungry in our community. If you or your group are interested in organizing a food drive or making a monetary donation, now is the time to contact us. We can provide you with helpful information about what our most urgent needs are. Once again, thank you for your dedicated support of our mission. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please feel free to contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 717-334-2773. Our hours of operation are 830 AM to 1:00 PM Monday through Saturday.

Donations of the following items are needed on a regular basis and can be donated in any amount

MEATS
Ground Beef
Boneless Chicken Breast
Loose Pork Sausage
Bone-In Chicken Thighs
Whole Pork Tenderloin
¼ Pound Hot Dogs

INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED/SINGLE SERVING
Potato Chips
Snack Cakes/Cookies
Pudding Cups
Fruit Cups
Jello Cups

FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Melons
Grapes
Oranges
Apples
Pears
Peaches
English Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Baby Carrots
Sweet Onions

And we have our amazon wish list available here https://a.co/04wqjsGN

We have many partners who have a similar mission. Here is a Community Dinner from Flohrs Lutheran Church on July 7th @ 5:30 pm. All are welcome, volunteers, those in need or anyone can come and enjoy. Flohr's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Hello Soup Kitchen Friends,

It's been awhile since I have posted any updates. First let me thank everyone for their faithful support during the Fall and Winter months. We continued to serve an average of 75 guests each day, and your monetary donations and donations of food and supplies went a long way in serving many individuals, and families through the season.

As you may or may not know, the bulk of our donations often come during the Fall and Winter months, while guest numbers typically fluctuate between the seasons, this year we are experiencing a rapid increase moving our daily servings into the 90's. So once again we are asking for your help to keep our shelves stocked to enable us to meet the demand and continue to serve nutritious meals to our guests. Monetary donations are always welcome, but there are also food items and supplies that we can use to stretch our dollars. Here is a list of how anyone can help.

Fresh Fruit & Vegetables; this time of year we love to fill our menus with things like grapes, bananas, melons, apples, peaches and any other fresh fruits we are able to procure. It's a little early for fresh garden vegetables, but if you have high yields in your garden this year, we are happy and grateful to accept; tomatoes, cucumbers, squash & zucchini.
Meats; probably our largest expense, popular meats used on a regular basis are, 80/20 ground beef, bone-in chicken thighs, boneless chicken breast, loose sausage and whole pork loins. We use an average of 14 # of meat for a meal, but we are grateful for any quantity, and have the freezer space to store any donations.

Snacks & Desserts; we continue to serve two meals on Saturdays, one hot meal and one bag lunch for Sunday when we are closed. We can use single serve snacks, such as chips, doritos, corn chips etc. and peanut butter crackers to put in our lunch bags, and also individually wrapped snack cakes, jello cups and pudding cups. Tastykake, Little Debbie and Hostess have a good variety of snack cakes, and many stores have a store brand of these items.

Pantry Items; one day each week we also provide a couple of pantry items to our guests that they can select from a cart. These are ALL donated items, we do not purchase food to distribute to our guests beyond the prepared meal, however through the generosity of others we are able to help sustain our guests with items collected through individual donation and perioding food drives. Some of the items frequently used and requested by are guests are;
Spam, Canned Sardines, Vienna Sausages, Single Serve Cereal, Shelf Stable Milk (pints), Chunky Soups, Chef BoyArdee, Dinty Moore Beef Stew Ramen Noodles, Peanut Butter & Jelly(small jars), Gatorade, Juice Boxes & Pouches, any other items that are easy to tote.

If you have any questions about drop off times please feel free to call the Soup Kitchen at 717-334-2773. We are happy to make arrangements for a delivery. Other food items and supplies can be found on our website, and our monthly rotation items are listed on our page on a regular basis.

Thank you in advance for your help in keeping our neighbors in need fed. We can't say enough about the kindness and generosity of our area communities.

Sandy Lutz, Director of Operations

Thank you Amblebrook Gettysburg residents for your bountiful food drive. We are so grateful for groups like yours who fill in the gaps and help us replenish our supplies during the Spring and Summer months.

Adams County Community Foundation information session. So excited to apply.

Wonderful volunteer day lunch yesterday. We are so thankful for everyone who supports our mission to feed our neighbors.

🌦️April tends to bring a lot of rainy days and for us, that usually means fewer donations.

If you’ve ever thought about supporting the soup kitchen, becoming a monthly donor is one of the most reliable ways to help.

Even a small amount each month makes a real difference.
It keeps meals going no matter what the weather looks like. 🌧️

You can sign up here:

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