Madison SOUP Sunday, April 14th 4-6pm (THIS SUNDAY!)

[Madison SOUP]

Sunday, April 14th Madison SOUP event
*The Madison SOUP April event will be this Sunday, April 14th, from **4-6pm
(change from other events)** at Sector67 <http://www.sector67.org/>-2100
Winnebago St. I'm hoping many of you will be able to help me spread the
word and/or buy ticket(s) on Eventbrite <http://www.madison-soup.eventbrite.com>
to help out our community members.

The cost is $10 for a homemade soup, green lettuce salad & fixings, and
french bread, lemonade/water or BYOBeverage. The soups I will be preparing
are Spring Pea & Mint, and French Spring Soups. Both soups will be prepared
as Vegan Soups.

As well as the two projects that are pitching, we will be hearing from
February's Madison SOUP winner, Dane County Sweet Potato Project, about how
they used the funds they received*

*The two projects that will be presenting on Sunday for your vote are:*

- The Goodman Community Center's Fritz Food Pantry has developed a plan
to procure and distribute healthier foods to our food pantry customers.They
serve hundreds of families a week. Our services impact children, seniors
and many individuals who are on disability. More than half of all of the
people who use our food pantry are receiving some form of disability.

- The Gardens for Empowerment (G4E) Project is a collaboration between
neighbors, landlords, community organizers and several other local agencies
in Madison, whose long-range goal is to improve the livability of Madison
neighborhoods, to create a model of community building that can be
replicated Dane County communities. The project contributes to the goal of
stabilizing challenged neighborhoods by engaging neighborhood residents,
including at-risk youth, in flower and vegetable gardening, neighborhood
clean-up, and other community-building projects. In the process of
gardening and completing other place-making projects, intergenerational
groups of residents gain gardening skills and values, improve their
surroundings, build relationships of trust, and establish standards of
behavior consistent with those of stable neighborhoods. In the near-term,
G4E provides summer employment for youth referred by schools and law
enforcement, reduces levels of youth delinquency, creates well-managed
front-yard gardens, builds gardening skills, and produces vegetables for
use by neighbors local food pantries.

If you have any questions about the event please feel free to contact
Heather at madisonsoup@gmail.com
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Thank you,

Heather Wentler
Organizer of Madison SOUP
www.madisonsoup.com
madis...@gmail.com