In 2025, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen provided 240,712 meals at our Conner and Meldrum soup kitchens, an increase of 2 percent over 2024. We are serving approximately 1,000 meals per day at our two meal program sites as well as delivering freshly-prepared meals at Deo Gratias Ministries on the city’s northwest side. We thank all of you for your dedicated support of our ministry. Learn about different ways to support us.
Since 2022, there has been a trend of increasing need at our two meal program locations.
There has also been a staggering 151% increase in visitors to our Capuchin Services Center food and clothing pantry from January 2022 to December 2025.
We served 91,368 meals at this location in 2025, a 23 percent increase from the prior year. Approximately 400 meals a day are served at the Meldrum Community Center. Our Meldrum guests are typically male, experiencing homelessness or in unstable housing, often diagnosed with a mental illness and/or substance abuse addiction.
We provided an opportunity for individuals to receive a shower at this location. Our facility provides showers and a change of clothing each day to give those in need a fresh focus and an increased sense of dignity and self-worth.
Learn moreWe served 149,352 meals at this location in 2025, a decline of eight percent from the prior year. Approximately 500 meals per day are served at the Conner Community Center to working families and seniors. As many as one-third of its meals are served to children 12 and under.
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We provided 3,058,500 pounds of food in 2025 to our Detroit neighbors. The food pantry served about 10,433 visitors per month. The Service Center features a ‘shoppers’ choice’ food pantry to resemble a small grocery store, complete with reach-in freezers and coolers, vegetable and fruit islands, bread and pastry racks.
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