RSS 2.0 FeedThursday, February 16, 2012, Freeport-Baldwin Leader
Faith Mission needs a new home
Soup Kitchen seeks location.
by John H. Mayer
The First United Methodist Church in Roosevelt had been the home of Faith Mission, an all volunteer soup kitchen, since the fall of 2010. Before that time the group was located in the Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Freeport for 12 years.
When the work to upgrade the kitchen was too costly, the group moved to the lower level of the Roosevelt church and the regulars followed. Faith Mission feeds about 250 hungry people.
On April 30, the church will close and the soup kitchen will be forced to move again. Mary Joesten, the volunteer director, said they are looking for a new home that can accommodate 250 people seated at Faith Mission’s own tables and a kitchen with commercial stoves and legal fire compressing hoods and exhaust system.
Ms. Josten and Jennifer Lyon, assistant director, are desperately looking for a location in Nassau County before their April 30 deadline. Ms. Joesten can be reached at 922-5063 or Ms. Lyon at 633-8659.
