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...order to give back to the community and to help people who don't get help," Hourhian said. "I saw people getting let out of institutions because of cutbacks and saw how wasteful throwing away food from [the Divinity School cateteria] was, so I decided to start the kitchen...
Today, about fifteen students from the Business and Divinity Schools and the College volunteer to help run the soup kitchen each week. Hourhian emphasized that the program would not be the same without the Harvard students, whom she calls the "main-stay" of her program...
Hourhian emphasizes that the soup kitchen is different from ordinary homeless food programs. "It's more like a restaurant service than anything," she said. "We actually seat people who come in and serve them healthy, good food that isn't just institutional food...
...catering company runs the soup kitchen as a community effort said Hourhian. Neighboring restaurants and local foundations donate food and supplies for the meals. She said that Food for Free, an organization that picks up food from vendors willing to donate, is an especially helpful sponsor...
...soup kitchen is held at the First Parish Unitarian Church every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Hourhian said that she had difficulty initially in finding a location for the community effort...