National Muslim Soup Kitchen Project

On Saturday, May 29, the National Muslim Soup Kitchen Project expects to serve about 2,000 meals, if not more, in the Capital District. One site is at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 275 State Street in Albany.

Free to-go meals of chicken, rice, and vegetables will be available from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. For more information, call 518-443-0460. Food will also be distributed at the South End Children’s Cafe, 25 Warren Street in Albany.


The Project seeks to encourage as many groups as possible, including other faith communities in the Capital District to come together once a year to plan and host a soup kitchen in their towns or cities to help those in need. In addition to the Al-Hidaya Center of Latham, this year’s event is being supported by the FOCUS Churches of Albany and the Capital Area Council of Churches.

The Muslim Soup Kitchen Project, the community service arm of the Al-Hidaya Muslim Center in Latham, serve meals at several shelters monthly. The national Project has since spread to 11 states.

The local group also has many other projects to help those in need in the community. 


The national soup kitchens are held on the same day all across the country, “thereby helping to bring to light the value of our Muslim communities and the role that they play in making our country a better place.”

 

The website of the Capital Area Council of Churches notes, “The NMSK motto is “creating unity by serving humanity” and is a time to highlight how people of all faiths and backgrounds work together to put into action that which God asks of all of us – to love our neighbors as ourselves.


If you would like to support this initiative, you can donate here. 

 

More information about the Muslim Soup Kitchen Project is available here.

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