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Soups provide an excellent source of serve it themselves at the event. For the
fiber, vitamins, and nutrients, plus they past 13 years, many of the restaurants
are fantastic for weight loss success and event sponsors return because they
when incorporated into your meal truly enjoy the event and it’s good
plans. Soups and broths contain high for business.
water content and are low in calories.
Cabarrus Meals on Wheels provides
On Sunday, November 5, come and meals to seniors regardless of their
sample a large variety at the 14th ability to pay. Annually, we need to
Annual Sunday Soup Sampler which raise $250,000 to cover the cost of
will be at City Club at Gibson Mill, 325 meals not paid for by our clients.
McGill Avenue NW, Concord. Ninety-three percent of our clients live
below the poverty level. Can you imag-
Tickets are $25, available at www. ine being a senior and homebound and
CabarrusMOW.org or at the local of- not knowing where your next meal will
fice, 1701 S. Main Street, Kannapolis. come from? Cabarrus Meals on Wheels
Sample over 20 local restaurant soups is a vital service to our homebound in
and desserts.
Cabarrus County. Four hundred clients
We host two community fundraisers depend on us daily to deliver their
a year and the Soup Sampler is our noon time meal. In addition, we
largest and most successful. The event provide over 625 weekend meals,
itself promotes local businesses, pet food assistance, birthday cakes
beginning with the local restaurants and boxes, emergency groceries,
who participate by each donating six Christmas presents and holiday treats
gallons of soup and coming out to to those in need.

“Thanks for all you do, it means a lot to me and I really appreciate the dog
food because I cannot afford to buy and my dog is my baby.”
—B.Twitty