“Soup Spectacular” raises over $2,800

Jamestown (CSi) The Buffalo Mall held the 10^th Annual, Soup Spectacular, Cook Off Contest,” on Sat March 7, 2015.    More Soup Spectacular Photos online at Facebook.

Photos for CSiNewsNOW.com by Matt Sheppard.

The event raised funds for the James River Senior/Community Center, Home Delivered Meals program.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 during the weekly phone visit, Nancy at the Center reported that the event raised a total of $2,860 dollars, that includes donations through wristband, and voting for favorite soups.

288 tickets were sold, raising $1,960 and the RSVP+ bake sale raised another $900 added into the total dollars raised.

Rock of Ages won the People’s Choice Award.

Emma Rosie’s Homecokkin’ won most money raised, and best decorated booth awards.

James River Senior/Community Center won the most unique  soup award, a beer cheese recipe.

Anyone wanting more information on eligiblity to receive home delivered meals or to volunteer to deliver meals may call the Center at 252-2882.

Previously….

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on Csi Cable 2, Buffalo Mall’s Administrative Assistant, Bev Dawson said, community business leaders and service clubs will enter their favorite soup at no charge. Contact her at the mall at 251-2237 to register.

For a $5 fee, the public is invited to taste all the soup entries and cast their vote for the best soup in Jamestown. The $5 fee includes one vote, additional votes are $1 each.

Awards will be given in the categories of Best Soup, Most Dollars Raised, Best Decorated Booth, and Most Unique Soup.

She added that there will be chili entries and perhaps some lefse.

100% of the proceeds will be used to benefit home delivered meals.

In conjunction with the soup cook off, RSVP+ will host a benefit bake sale for the program.

Entertainment will be provided by R&C School of Rock.

Also on our show Rhonda Sahr from the James River Senior/Community Center, said in 2014 the Home Delivered Meals program made 25,139 deliveries, and averaged 1,800 meals per month, with deliveries seven days a week.

Call the center at 252-2882 to qualify, or if anyone wishes to volunteer to make deliveries.

She pointed out that the Soup Spectacular is a large fundraiser for th Home Delivered meals program.