Fill Your Bowl and Your Soul at MHS Fundraiser

The high school Interact Club will host its annual 'Soup for the Soul' fundraiser this weekend.

For the 13th year in a row, Moorestown High School's Interact Club will host "Soup for the Soul" at First Presbyterian Church.  The event, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, will benefit Philabundance, one of the region's largest food banks and hunger relief organizations.  Event co-chair Shannon Keeler said she and her classmates are hoping to outdo last year's Soup for the Soul, which raised $2,000 for the Food Bank of South Jersey.  "Every person that comes can make a difference," said Keeler, "because there's a lot of hungry people ... We've worked hard. I hope we're able to donate a lot to Philabundance." A ticket—$9 for adults, $6 for kids—gets you a refillable soup bowl and bread, as well as desserts and refreshments. There'…

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Moorestown Lives Civilly

Spend a Little, Help a Lot

The Interact Club's Soup for the Soul fundraiser is an example of how Moorestonians—and others—are living civilly.

Many Patch readers may have heard of the Moorestown High School Interact Club and its annual event, Soup for the Soul. This was my family’s second year attending the event and I noticed a couple of things. It’s not just a cool event to attend and be involved in, but it really made me consider what the event is about. It’s not just about eating delicious soup and chatting with the folks there—it’s about how each person who participated helped someone less fortunate. Here is why I think Soup for the Soul was such a great thing to participate in and how everyone involved is “living civilly.” Soup for the Soul raises money for the Food Bank of South Jersey, which is located in Pennsauken, and helps a lot of people. Each person who participated…

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Soup for the Moorestown Soul

The Interact Club's annual Soup for the Soul event—held Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church—raised $3,500 last year for the Food Bank of South Jersey.

It may not be what you’d call “soup weather,” but the annual Soup for the Soul event—run by Moorestown High School’s Interact Club—is more about warming the heart than the body. The event, now in its 12th year, raises money for the Food Bank of South Jersey by offering bottomless bowls of soup, prepared by local restaurants and families, to the community. High school junior Katie Dee, advertising chair for Interact’s Soup for the Soul committee, said the fundraiser has become something of a brand in Moorestown, so she’s not worried about unseasonably warm temperatures discouraging people from attending Saturday. “I don’t think the weather is going to affect turnout,” she said, “cause it’s not just New England clam chowder we’re serving. It…

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