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Remember canned goods on Souper Sunday

Jennica Tapia and the Rev. Kathryn Cameron.

By Bill Moss, Published: February 3, 2018

Remember your canned goods at worship services this weekend for the Souper Bowl of Caring.

In photo, Jennica Tapia, with the Rev. Kathryn Cameron, shows a snack box that First Presbyterian Church will donate to the Interfaith Assistance Ministry to feed the needy. Mark White, a real estate broker and appraiser, donated 100 snack boxes to the church for this year’s Souper Bowl of Caring, which wraps up on Sunday. In the weeks leading up the Super Bowl, congregations, youth groups and other organizations around the country collect canned soup and cash donations for local organizations that feed the needy. In 2017, 6,542 groups across the country participated, including many congregations and groups in Henderson County.

White runs the volunteer group Feeding by Grace, which cooks hot dogs, pizza and chicken on Seventh Avenue every Thursday night. He also cooks at sites in Asheville and Forest City. “I’m always looking for a deal on something,” White said of the snack boxes, which contain chips, tuna, cookies and other treats. “They retail for $4.75 apiece. We found 7,000 that they sold us for a dollar apiece because they’re not uniform.” He resold enough to break even and is giving the rest away. Feeding by Grace gives out the snack boxes when it’s too rainy or cold to cook out.