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Youth Ministry Students at Lady of Loretto Collect for Souper Bowl Sunday
No Mistake there. On Saturday Night and Sunday Morning of Super Bowl Sunday, the High School Students in the Youth Ministry Program from Our Lady of Loretto Parish braved the cold morning air and collected food and donations after all the Masses at Our Lady of Loretto Church in Cold Spring and St. Joseph's Chapel in Garrison for the Souper Bowl of Caring. It has become a yearly event here in Philipstown.
The Souper Bowl of Caring is a youth-led, grassroots movement, the result of thousands of young people joining together to fight hunger and poverty in their communities. Since 1990, $35 million has been raised for charities across the country. National in scope, yet local in impact, the Souper Bowl of Caring works toward making the weekend of the big game an unprecedented time of giving and serving in this country.
Local communities are affected both through youth involvement and money raised for charity. A national story is created by youth across the country simultaneously showing compassion and serving others. The High School Students in the Youth Ministry Program at Our Lady of Loretto collected $900 in cash plus canned goods and toiletries for the Philipstown Food Pantry. Outside of the Church and Chapel, despite the cold weather, they urged parishioners to donate either food or cash in honor of their favorite Super Bowl Team. Not surprisingly, the Colts won "Souper Bowl Sunday" too, collecting $520 plus 37 canned goods and toiletries for the Colts and $380 plus 13 canned goods and toiletries for the Chicago Bears.
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