A Soupçon of Fundraising

Alongside all the training comes another challenge... the fundraising side of things. The donations are dripfeeding in, but they need a helping hand from something other than the benevolence of my friends and family.

Baking cakes isn't really my forté. But when it comes to cooking, soups most definitely are. As everyone from Bloom knows, they were the highlight of my lunch hours last winter and and rightly so. They're cheap, easy-to-make, contribute significantly to the 5-a-day quota and have no boundaries to the possible flavours. They are ace. Anyway I digress into soup-appreciation.

So what's the deal?

Everyone's Monday lunchtimes are now considerably brighter at Poulters with the arrival of Anna's Monday Soup Kitchen.

3 flavours are on offer and over 25 people have the pleasure of soup n roll for the bargain price of £2. And a new flavour is voted in by current soupees every week. Pea with crispy bacon has been a surprise hit in the latest round.

It's been a resounding success with all 3 sessions so far selling out (and colleagues pleading and begging me to make more). I've also been told that the sandwich man looks ever so forlorn on a Monday now with half his day's sales siphoned off into my fundraising pouch. He'd better get used to it! This will be running through til Christmas and will hopefully I'll get a few hundred quid raised for Get Kids Going and an office full and happy bellies to boot!

Any ideas for winning soup flavours are very welcome - though nothing too fancy please. I'm feeding the masses on a budget!

Love Anna's Soup Kitchen

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