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- EIN 84-1004473
- (970) 385-5095
- Po Box 1196 Durango CO 81302 USA
- www.mannasoupkitchen.org
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Mission: The mission of manna soup kitchen is to provide, in the spirit of faith and love, nourishing meals and supportive services in an atmosphere of acceptance and caring for those in need.
Programs: Our primary program is serving nourishing meals to our clients. The kitchen serves meals 7 days a week. Manna successfully served 64,323 meals during the year. Manna had over 510 people who volunteered over 10,812 hours in 2017, including fulfilling many court-ordered community service hours. Manna also provided 5,816 backpacks filled with 7 meals each to school-aged children who are food insecure.
manna's culinary arts program is designed to give those in the position of being socioeconomically disadvantaged the opportunity to gain marketable job skills for the purposes of transitioning out of their current situation into a more stable environment. Manna offers a 16 week culinary arts program where the students will graduate with a certificate and gainful employment following an internship. In 2017 (spring and fall combined), 9 people graduated from this program.
supportive services includes: showers, laundry, single-ride bus passes, emergency food boxes and thrift store vouchers, hygiene products, haircut vouchers and prescriptions. Manna's supportive services helped with 6 prescriptions, 67 haircut vouchers, 3907 bus vouchers, 121 emergency food boxes, and assistance with obtaining 45 driver's licenses and colorado id cards.