A Journey to Fight Hunger

By the end of last year, one in four Philadelphians had to skip or cut meals due to lack of money. That means 360,000 people, 108,000 of whom are children.  

Dr. Donald Schwartz, the city’s health commissioner, calls hunger a silent crisis in Philadelphia. And in response to our nation’s escalating food insecurity numbers, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently said “...these (numbers) are a wake-up call for the country.”

Hunger is prophetic witness to something seriously out of balance in our society. We need to do something, and we need to do it now.

What is City Soup?

City Soup is a hunger awareness program developed by an interfaith grass roots collective, determined to find solutions and improvements to the issue of hunger in our region.

The City Soup Journey

Join your friends, family, congregation, neighbors, community on a six-week journey

• Focus on on how we can learn together
• Share our food, lending our voices
• Pool our contributions to share with those most in need

At the end of this inaugural City Soup Journey, we'll join together on April 10 to take part in the Walk Against Hunger!

Register now for City Soup

If you have any questions, ideas, suggestions or recipes, please contact City Soup at citysoupphilly@gmail.com.