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(Photo from Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan)
Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan is redeveloping the historic school at St. Matthew Parish on Detroit's east side. The buildlings will be transformed into the Residences at St. Matthew with 46 apartments with on-site supportive services and other amenities for low-income residents. There are 21 units intended for households earning no more than 30%, 50% and 60% of area median income. The other twenty-five units are intended for Permanent Supportive Housing for individuals previously experiencing homelessness.
The Capuchin Soup Kitchen is honored to be a part of this project by furnishing the 25 Permanent Supportive Housing apartments. You can help by purchasing items from our wish list or by volunteering on March 22, 2025 to help get the units ready for residents to move-in.
View the wish list Volunteer for apartment set-up
Residences at St. Matthew Website
Thank you!
That's in addition to men's and women's underwear, clothing and more than $15,000 in cash donations. These items will be used to support our shower program. Many of our unhoused guests as well as those who have housing but lack access to running water come to us for a hot shower and a change of clothes.
The Capuchin Soup Kitchen partnered with Local 4 on a Go 4 It campaign to supply the shower program at our Conner Community Center. Every day our volunteers and staff served hundreds of freshly-prepared meals, with breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays and breakfast and lunch on Saturdays. In addition, guests can receive a hot shower and change of clothes through our shower program. And with winter approaching, many of our unhoused guests will be in desperate need of warm blankets.
A big thank you to Local 4 viewers who came together to support our Detroit community. Together, you supplied the Capuchin Soup Kitchen with:
- 23,051 pairs of socks
- 994 blankets
- 4,603 towels
Although the Go 4 It drive is over, we still gratefully accept monetary donations to support our mission of tending to basic needs and striving to stimulate minds, nourish spirits, and address root causes of social injustice.
Giving thanks ahead of time for your generosity, we're asking our benefactors to take a look inside their closets and get a jump on spring cleaning!
The Capuchin Services Center is facing an acute need for clean, gently-used men's and children's clothing items. These items will be sorted and folded by volunteers and made available to those in need. All seasons, all sizes, all colors and types are needed. To donate, bring your items to the Capuchin Services Center located at:
6333 Medbury StDetroit, MI 48211
Donations accepted Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
How to Donate:
- Please have all donation items in bags or boxes if possible
- Please place all donations in trunk or as far back as possible in the vehicle
- Follow directions of the signs and staff. Pull up into the garage.
- Advise the attendant of what you are donating. (see the donation guidelines below under “What to Donate”). Please note that donations will be accepted at the discretion of staff.
- The attendants will unload the bagged/boxed donated items from your vehicle.
- If requested, a donation receipt is provided.
What to Donate:
✅ We will gratefully accept:
- Clean, gently used quality clothing (men and children’s clothing are always in greatest demand)
- Clothing accessories such as belts, hats, and shoes.
- New men’s and women’s underwear, socks, and hygiene items especially for our shower program
- Used or new shoes and boots especially for men and children
- Winter gear
- Bed and bath linens.
- Baby and adult diapers.
- Gas and electric stoves in good working condition
- Refrigerators in good working condition (no more than 12 years old)
- Dishes, pots and pans, silverware, small working appliances
- Non-perishable food items (commercially manufactured and packaged)
�� We will not accept:
- Furniture such as chairs, or couches
- Electronics such as used computers or televisions
- Used infant furniture, car seats, strollers, cribs, etc.
- Clothing with bad odor, dirt, hair, or clear signs of pest or bed bugs.
- Household chemicals
- Medical supplies
El Centro de Servicios Capuchinos ayuda anualmente a 228.000 de nuestros vecinos de Detroit con alimentos y ropa de emergencia.
Dirección
6333 Medbury St.Detroit, MI 48211
Teléfono: (313) 925-1370
Para donar: (313) 925-1370, ext. 3100
Para obtener alimentos, ropa e información general: (313) 925-0514
Situado cerca de Mount Elliott Street y la autopista I-94.
Horario
De 8.30 a 15.00 de lunes a viernes.
Para obtener alimentos, ropa u otros servicios
Es indispensable hacer una cita un día antes.
Documentos necesarios para ser atendidos:
- Documento de identificación y/o pasaporte no vencidos
- Prueba de dirección (un bill o factura con su dirección y su nombre)
- Certificados o pruebas de nacimiento de los niños o pasaporte
- Cualquier otra información que se le pida
Sobre el centro de servicios
El Centro cuenta con una despensa de alimentos Shoppers' Choice que se asemeja a una pequeña tienda de comestibles, con congeladores y frigoríficos, islas de verduras y frutas, y estantes para pan y pasteles. Cada huésped recibe un número determinado de kilos de alimentos, en función del tamaño de su familia. Los productos no perecederos y la carne congelada se incluyen en las libras asignadas, pero no así las verduras frescas, los productos lácteos, el pan y otros alimentos perecederos. Estos productos están a disposición de los consumidores por encima de su peso total. Más bien, están disponibles sin limitación. La despensa de alimentos distribuye más de 10.000 libras de alimentos al día.
La zona de distribución de ropa ofrece una experiencia de compra "al por menor" y distribuye más de 1.700 prendas al día.
También distribuye electrodomésticos para familias que restablecen sus hogares tras un incendio o una estancia en un centro de acogida. No hay criterios geográficos de elegibilidad; sin embargo, todos los beneficiarios del servicio son entrevistados por un trabajador de asistencia de emergencia. Se debe facilitar la identificación de todas las personas para las que se solicita asistencia. Las familias tienen derecho a recibir asistencia alimentaria cada treinta días, y reciben alimentos suficientes para mantener a una familia de cuatro miembros durante una semana. Un paquete de alimentos típico contiene diez libras de carne, productos secos enlatados y en caja, productos frescos y fruta.
Los servicios de gestión de casos están a cargo de trabajadores sociales titulados, y se ofrecen grupos de apoyo para madres y abuelos que crían a sus nietos.
Se aceptan con gratitud donaciones de alimentos, ropa, electrodomésticos y muebles en buen estado. Se necesita ropa usada, limpia y en buen estado para hombres, mujeres y niños. En la actualidad, tenemos una mayor necesidad de ropa para niños y hombres, junto con ropa de tallas grandes.
Nuestros dos centros del programa de comidas están abiertos a todos, de forma gratuita, y sirven comidas completas y nutritivas a hombres, mujeres y niños cada día. No hay criterios de elegibilidad y las comidas se sirven en espacios amplios, limpios y atractivos.
Programa de comidas de Meldrum
Dirección:
1264 Meldrum StDetroit, MI 48207
Teléfono: (313) 579-2100
Desayuno
8:30 a.m. a 9:30 a.m.
De lunes a viernes
Almuerzo
11:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m.
De lunes a viernes
Defensor del cliente y capellán disponibles
Sitio del Programa de Comidas Conner
Dirección:
4390 Conner StDetroit, MI 48215
Teléfono: (313) 822-8606
Desayuno
8:30 a.m. a 9:30 a.m.
De lunes a sábado
Almuerzo
11:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m.
De lunes a sábado
Cena
De 16.00 a 17.00 h.
De lunes a viernes (los sábados no hay cena)
Trabajadores sociales y capellán disponibles
Más información
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If you have any cans of "Tasty Kitchen Chicken Noodle Condensed Soup" from the Capuchin Services Center, you are advised to return it to the Capuchin Services Center for a replacement.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a product recall for cans of "Tasty Kitchen Chicken Noodle Condensed Soup." Any unused product should not be consumed. If you would like a replacement product, please bring unopened cans of the product to the Capuchin Services Center for a replacemenet. We kindly ask to please call the Capuchin Services Center at (313) 925-1370 to schedule your visit.
The cause of the recall is due to the Canadian-made product being produced without a reimport inspection. There are no confirmed reports of illness or reactions due to consuming the recalled product. If you are feeling ill, contact a health care provider.
More information on this product recall is available from the USDA.
To get into the festive fall spirit, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen is hosting a Halloween Candy Drive for the kids of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and we're asking for your help with candy donations!
Between now and October 31st, we'll be collecting donations for Halloween candy to give out to the kids who visit the soup kitchen. Candy will be checked by staff before Halloween and packaged for distribution to ensure safety.
To donate, you can either drop off or mail a candy donation of your choice to our Conner location at 4390 Conner St, Detroit, MI, 48215 or purchase an item from our wishlist at ofmcap.cc/halloween!
The kitchen will also host a special kids' meal that day as well. Join us as we work to make each holiday special for our kids. God bless!
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Now through April 14, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen is collecting donations of Easter basket supplies and already made Easter baskets for this year's Easter Basket Drive. These baskets will be distributed to our youngest guests at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Needed items include: baskets, grass, plastic eggs, individually wrapped candy, small toys, coloring books, crayons, and ready-made baskets.
Please consider making a donation from our Amazon wish list at: https://a.co/fb06T6g and having your items shipped to the soup kitchen.
You may also send the donations directly to:
Rosa Parks Children & Youth ProgramConner Soup Kitchen
4390 Conner Street
Detroit, MI 48215
Our giveaway date will be on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at the address above. The giveaway will begin at 10:00 a.m. and go until all baskets are gone. Easter baskets are first come, first served.
You can help spread joy and love this holiday season by donating new, unwrapped toys, games, and books for children of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Your generous contribution will bring smiles to many faces this holiday season!
What to donate
New and unwrapped toys, books, coloring books, and crayons suitable for ages 0-12. Please do not donate clothes or perishable items.
How to donate
Shop the wish lists below, mail, or drop off your gifts at:
Capuchin Services Center6333 Medbury, Detroit, MI 48211
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
We will also be open on Saturday, December 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to receive donations.
Amazon Toy Wish List Amazon Book Wish List Target Wish List
For the eleventh consecutive year, the Celani Family Foundation is teaming up with WJR-AM (760) Radio to launch the Hunger Free in the D campaign, benefitting the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and Gleaners Community Food Bank. Through Monday, November 25, the Celani Family Foundation will match up to $200,000 in donations to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and Gleaners Community Food Bank. Double your impact and help us serve people experiencing challenges this holiday season and all year long.
- The effort culminates in a live radiothon on All Talk with Tom Jordan & Kevin Dietz at 9:00 a.m. followed by Focus with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 as well as on WDVD 96.3 FM, Monday, November 25, 2024. Tune in that day and know your contribution to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen will be matched by the Celani Family Foundation!
The 2024 Hunger Free in the D radiothon and donation drive is closed and was a huge success! Thank you for your support. If you wish to make a non-matched donation to support the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, you may still make an online gift below.
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You can help a student achieve this school year by making a donation to the annual Rosa Parks Youth Program school supply drive!
The Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Rosa Parks Youth Program along with Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan is collecting school supplies in an effort to help students achieve academic excellence. You can help by purchasing supplies from our Amazon or Target Back-to-School Drive wishlists.
Donations of like items outside of the wish list can be mailed or dropped off to:
Capuchin Soup Kitchen
Att'n: Megan Murphree
Detroit, MI 48215
Or you can make a monetary gift to support drives and programs like this one.
Thank you for helping us to empower local families!
Thank you ahead of time to the members and directors of the Detroit Regional Relocation Council for considering a gift to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
Since 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has offered hospitality, compassion and a warm meal to those suffering through challenging circumstances. As the Capuchin friars and their partners in ministry work to attend simply and directly to spiritual and other basic needs, we offer our gratitude for joining us in this work by making a gift.
The Capuchin Soup Kitchen does this work through seven programs at five locations:
- Meal program sites at our Meldrum Kitchen and Conner Kitchen
- Capuchin Services Center food pantry and clothing distribution program
- Jefferson House CARF-accredited residential substance use disorder treatment program for men
- On the Rise Bakery and Cafe providing work experience and job training to men recovering from addiction or returning from incarceration
- Rosa Parks Youth Program providing after-school tutoring and art classes for Detroit youth
- Earthworks Urban Farm, a 1.5-acre USDA-certified urban agriculture program providing education and training opportunities, while supplying fresh produce to our meal sites
The following information reflects the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 related adjustments to programs, services, protocols and hours of operation at Capuchin Soup Kitchen sites.
Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Meldrum Meal Site
OPEN
1264 Meldrum Street
Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 579-2100
Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Conner Meal Site
OPEN
4390 Conner Street
Detroit, MI 48217
(313) 822-8606
Capuchin Services Center
OPEN
6333 Medbury Street
Detroit, MI 48211
(313) 925-0514
Hours: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Tuesdays through Fridays. Those seeking food are asked to make an appointment by calling (313) 925-0514. We ask that in-kind donations, such as clothing, not be brought until further notice in order to cut down on travel and traffic. Our social workers will be available.
Earthworks Urban Farm
1264 Meldrum Street
Detroit, MI 48207
Jefferson House
8311 E. Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI
(313) 331-8900
Rosa Parks Children's Program
4390 Conner Street
Detroit, MI 48217
On the Rise Bakery and Cafe
8900 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI 48213
(313) 922-8510
Many people have been asking how they might help us help others at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, as we are serving people who have recently lost their jobs, in addition to those we normally serve. For everyone's safety, we've canceled all of our in-person fundraisers, including our largest fundraiser of the year, the annual SOCK Dinner held at TCF Center in September. We ask you to be safe, and to consider others with love and kindness during this difficult time.
Now through June 1, 2020, The Bollinger Foundation will match every donation made to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, dollar-for-dollar, up to $20,000! Help the Capuchin Soup Kitchen provide meals, social work services and kindness to metro Detroit residents during these difficult times.
Since 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has been serving the people of Detroit, offering a hot meal and joyful hospitality in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. Will you partner with us to fulfill our mission of attending simply and directly to the needs of those who are struggling with poverty, homelessness and hunger?
Since 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has provided food and clothing to people in need. Serving up to 2,000 meals a day, we depend on people like you. Will you help us? Or if you prefer, please mail your check to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 1820 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, MI 48207. We thank you.
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Dear Capuchin Soup Kitchen Supporter,
Although I’m not a parent, I have loads of respect for those who raise, teach, and coach young people in our society.
Helping mentor and support kids who are at risk is just another aspect the ministries of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in which you so generously share. As you well know, we’re much more than just “soup.”
Hope is also on the menu here. I’d like to introduce you to a very special woman who has been serving up “hope” to neighborhood kids for nearly twenty years now.
Summer Peace Camp Video
Support the Rosa Parks Children's Program
Sister Nancyann Turner is member of the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan. Dominicans are considered “cousins” to the Capuchin Franciscans because Saint Dominic and Saint Francis founded their communities about the same time in the thirteenth century to walk with and serve people facing poverty and difficult circumstances.
Sister Nancyann became a part of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen staff in 1999 with a burning desire to walk with people who were struggling and to be the change she wanted to see in the city. She came with many years of teaching experience and as a certified art therapist.
She proposed that we open our Capuchin Soup Kitchen Conner site doors to neighborhood boys and girls. She envisioned a safe gathering place where they could play, learn and be nurtured without fear of the city violence and poverty that surrounded them.
This was the was the start of the Rosa Parks Children’s Program. A space was prepared, volunteers came forward, but no kids.
That’s when Sister Nancyann showed her fighting spirit and holy determination. She began walking the east-side neighborhood near the soup kitchen. She knocked on doors, and met young, single mothers and older struggling grandmothers raising little ones on next to no money.
Sister Nancyann asked the key question, “What do your kids need?”
And from their heartfelt responses, she began to build The Rosa Parks Children’s program. A children’s library began to be formed. Programs for tutoring and art therapy were set up.
Art Therapy programs were developed to help children and youth deal with emotional problems and build self-esteem. All the programs help the children expand their creativity. Our tutoring activities support the kids’ academic progress, and the conflict resolution training encourages the kids to deal with adversity in creative and peaceful ways.
Here every child knows they are loved, accepted and brimming with potential for success. Here every child is safe, respected and cherished.
Will you please support the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, and especially these children who share in our Rosa Parks Children’s Program?
Sister Nancyann has great plans for them this summer, including a three week “Peace Camp”, a young leadership camp and many fun and educational field trips.
The children’s Peace Garden continues throughout the summer. These city kids love playing gardener and even farmer, helping to sow seeds and nurture them to full growth and maturity.
Their garden is a wonderful metaphor for Rosa Parks Children’s Program, I think. All of us can help nurture children, especially those who have been planted in difficult situations through no fault of their own.
It takes a loving community to protect, nurture and raise up healthy, kind and giving children, especially kids being raised in poverty and sometimes in fear. This ministry is a great sign of hope for the future of our community. I can see that in the smiling faces of dozens of children welcomed here day after day by Sister Nancyann and her team.
Will you join Sister Nancyann, the rest of our dedicated staff and volunteers, and give generously to help support our kids?
Together, through our ministries like The Rosa Parks Children’s Program, we are feeding young bodies, nourishing souls, and strengthening communities in the heart of this great city.
For the many kids, along with their parents, who participate in our Rosa Parks Children’s program, this can give them the tools to reach their potential and support their dreams.
I’m so happy to introduce you to Sr. Nancyann and the great program she helped begin and has sustained for nearly twenty years.
I’m deeply grateful for your time and may God’s peace and blessings be with you,
Br. Jerry Johnson, OFM Cap. Director
Each and every gift, no matter the size, will support the kids with their dreams and goals! Thank you for your kindness!
Support the Rosa Parks Children's Program
In 2024, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen provided 236,787 meals at our Conner and Meldrum soup kitchens, an increase of 20 percent over 2023. 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.
Meldrum Kitchen
We served 74,343 meals last year at this location in 2024. Approximately 400 meals a day are served at the Meldrum Kitchen. 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.
Conner Kitchen
We served 162,444 meals last year at this location in 2024. Approximately 500 meals per day are served at the Conner Kitchen to working families and seniors. As many as one-third of its meals are served to children 12 and under.
Services Center
We provided 3,399,794 pounds of food in 2024 to our Detroit neighbors. That's a 23 percent increase over 2023. The food pantry served about 123 households and 328 individuals per day, which amounts to nearly 13,544 pounds of food every day. 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.
Thank you so very much for your interest in hosting an event benefiting the Capuchins. We will contact you within three business days regarding your event request.