Share a Meal Campaign

The image has a bright green background with a darker green shape on top. It says Share a Meal this Holiday Season
We developed “Share a Meal” as a fundraising campaign for Manna Meal, a nonprofit soup kitchen located in downtown Charleston, West Virginia.
There is a drawing of stacked plates. To the right of the plates, it says 8,244 meals served in September 2019. 13,999 meals served in September 2020.
There is a drawing of a plate with a heart in the middle, with a fork on the left and a knife on the right. It says $2.80 average cost per meal in 2019. $6.80 average cost per meal during COVID-19.
THE CHALLENGE

During any ordinary year, the holiday season is the busiest and most costly time for organizations like Manna Meal Inc., a nonprofit soup kitchen located in downtown Charleston. This was truer than ever in 2020 as our communities suffered from the effects of COVID-19 and resulting economic crisis. With so many of our neighbors losing their jobs and receiving notices of eviction, the need for Manna Meal’s services had skyrocketed just as food and supply costs were going up.

In spite of these challenges, Manna Meal remained steadfastly committed to their mission to provide two meals a day, 365 days a year, no questions asked: so the hungry can eat.

They enlisted our help to develop and implement a fundraising campaign with the primary objective of preventing hunger in our community over the holidays.