Covenant members provide both leadership and muscle for the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring, a massive food drive in February during which food donations are collected from local households, then sorted, packed and shipped to local food pantries.
In 2010, churches and civic organizations in Delaware County collected over 22,000 food items. In 2011, we collected over 24,000 food items. In 2022, the community effort broke records again, bringing in more than 54,362 units for eight local food pantries - the largest SBOC collection in Pennsylvania! We actively strive to improve collection rates as well as civic participation each year.
We want to do more to fight local hunger every year! Please help those among us who are less fortunate by joining the Souper Bowl of Caring effort at Covenant Church. Thank you so much!
More information: Delco Souper Bowl of Caring | Souper Bowl of Caring National Organization
Email: sboc@covumc.com
SBOC News
Donating to Delco SBOC? Here’s what Food Pantries Urgently Need.
Our local food banks do a good job of knowing their customers and their needs. They keep the pulse of what they’ve got coming in and they know what’s needed to fill the gap. Here are the latest lists of urgently needed items from the food banks we support. If you are going to pick…
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Tackle Hunger with the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring
We’ve been fighting hunger with the Souper Bowl of Caring since at least 1998. That’s more than a quarter of Covenant’s more than 100-year history! Hunger and food insecurity have a negative and lasting impact on children and families. Here in Delaware County, thousands of individuals and families are at risk of going hungry. It’s…
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Everybody Wins in Covenant’s Big Game Against Hunger
Players from Covenant Church and teams from all over the community came together last Sunday to pull off a big win. Each year Covenant and friends participate in the National Souper Bowl of Caring (SBOC), a youth-inspired, youth-led movement to tackle hunger during the weeks leading up to the NFL’s Super Bowl. In January, teams…
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Update from Bishop Schol: Thank you for stepping up to the challenge.
Covenant, you certainly tackled the challenge from Bishop Schol. Thank you. You’ll see a photo of our crew sorting donations in the video! Message from Bishop Schol: Food Collection Update Dear Friends in Christ, This past Sunday, the winners were the people in our communities. You raised 74,044 pounds of food. Praise God! Thank you…
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Message from Bishop Schol | Super Bowl Food Drive Challenge
We’ve already started receiving donations for local food pantries through the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring. Thank you! We’ve been challenged to step it up! We’ve only got until Sunday! Message from Bishop Schol | We’ve been challenged:
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Bringing in Donations for SBOC? Here’s a List of Urgently Needed Items.
Our local food banks to a pretty good job of knowing their customers and their needs. They also keep the pulse of what they’ve got coming in. And they know what’s needed to fill the gap. Here are the latest lists of urgently needed items from the food banks we support. If you are going…
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A Game of Numbers
The sport of football is a game of inches. Most sporting endeavors, like football, are games of numbers. So is tackling hunger. Across the country and in our area, the numbers are up. These are the latest numbers from the team at The Foundation for Delaware County: These numbers are up from last year. WHYY…
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Tackle Hunger with the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring
We’ve been fighting hunger with the Souper Bowl of Caring since at least 1998. That’s more than a quarter of Covenant’s 100-year history! Hunger and food insecurity have a negative and lasting impact on children and families. Here in Delaware County, thousands of individuals and families are at risk of going hungry. It’s a fight…
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Covenant Gives their All in the Big Game Against Hunger
Monday, February 21, Springfield PA – The Covenant team again outperformed everybody’s expectations in the local big game against hunger – the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring. Each year Covenant participates in the National Souper Bowl of Caring (SBOC) effort, a youth-inspired, youth-led movement to tackle hunger on the Saturdays before the NFL’s Super Bowl….
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