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House of Love Soup Kitchen
- Name: House of Love Soup Kitchen
- Address: 589-95 Central Ave.
- City: Newark, NJ 07107
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- Website: http://www.houseoflovesoupkitchen.org/
- Contact Email: houseoflovesoupkitchen@gmail.com
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- Description: The House of Love Soup Kitchen is a faith based organization that helps individuals who are experiencing hardship due to life circumstances. "This soup kitchen serves as a place of renewed strength and warm love in a world in which people may be overlooked and made to feel worthless on a daily basis." (Mark Harris). The House of Love Soup Kitchen was founded on July 15, 2008 by Church of God and Saints of Christ members Director Brother Toih Moncur and Rev. Michael Harris. The House of Love Soup Kitchen is staffed with four chefs, seven servers, two dish washers and eight members of the “clean-up†crew weekly. All members of the staff are volunteers from the community from local schools, community centers, and churches. The House of Love Soup Kitchen serves hot delicious meals to approximately 75-100 men, women, and children for two hours every Tuesday. New and used clothing is given out for all that are in need as well as other household items. The House of Love Soup Kitchen provides the following services to their clients: Hot, wholesome, and nutritious meals, served on site; New/Used season appropriate clothing; Prayer & Spiritual Guidance; Individualized Counseling; Referrals to various non-profit/for profit social service agencies; “Care Packages†consisting of perishable and non-perishable foods.