Manna Soup Kitchen Inc

Black Tie & Apron

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The Manna Black Tie & Apron Event – Sharing Our Pandemic Year Journey With You!

What a year it’s been! At Manna Community Kitchen, we’ve seen firsthand the devastating effects of this pandemic. Food insecurity is at record high levels in this community and in communities across the country (and throughout the world!). As hard as that is to see, nutritious and delicious food is what we do and we have been so fortunate to be able to meet the heightened need thanks in large part to our donors.

Manna Community Kitchen wants to play a larger role in combating food insecurity in this community – combating the stigma associated with it, combating the lack of nutritious and delicious food available to those in need, combating the lack of respect and dignity extended to those experiencing it. We are working with other agencies providing services to those in need in the community and are hopeful that those relationships will help connect us even more with those who could benefit from our meals.

The Manna Black Tie & Apron Event will provide more information about who we are, what we do, and our plans for the future (for example, have you heard about the Community Warming Center we’re opening in February?). We’ll have some wonderful local entertainers providing music, delicious appetizers from Blue Door Gatherings, and tasty dessert made by our own Lee Anderson. We’ll also be introducing you to some people who mean a lot to Manna and to whom Manna means a lot. Oh, and we’ll be providing the black tie and apron! And you’ll be able to enjoy it all in your own space via Zoom! 

We really hope that you’ll join us for our special event! You’ll be supporting a truly worthy cause – helping those who are food insecure in our community! 

Your ticket to our Black Tie & Apron event includes:

Access to the Zoom event

Party kit consisting of: one black bowtie, one Manna apron, *appetizers from Blue Door Gatherings, and *dessert made by Lee Anderson himself (Executive Director and Chef of Manna) *single servings

You’ll be able to pick up your party kit at Edwards Church (297 Main St., Northampton) on Saturday, March 13 from 11:00am – 2:00pm.

Looking forward to having you join us,

Manna Community Kitchen

This event is a way for us to let the community know about our efforts to address food insecurity. It’s also an event to raise money so that we can continue to do what we do and even more. We welcome anyone to join us for this event! If you are able to purchase a ticket, that’s great. If you’re able to sponsor a ticket for someone who can’t afford to pay, that’s much appreciated. If you aren’t able to afford a ticket but want to join us, we would love to have you. There is a ticket option available for everyone!

Giving Tuesday 2020

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GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. GivingTuesday was born and incubated at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City. GivingTuesday is now an independent nonprofit and a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts, and everyone has something to give.

Manna is on track serve over 43,500 meals this year, which we are able to accomplish because of our donor’s support during our fundraising campaigns like #GivingTuesday. We are dedicated to continuing our battle against local food insecurity, one lovingly crafted meal at a time. Can we count on your support this Giving Tuesday?

Ways to Donate

Yes, Manna Soup Kitchen is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. EIN# is 331-064-237
Use your bank’s “Bill Pay” feature to designate Manna as the payee and schedule a one-time or recurring transfer of funds for a certain amount. Your bank actually sends us a check by mail and we then process it just like any other check we receive during the week.
Charitable contributions of stocks, bonds, and other appreciated securities may provide you a maximum tax benefit. Typically deductible at the market value on the date gifted, your contribution of securities allows you to avoid capital gains tax on any appreciation.
Life insurance is a great vehicle to use in making a planned gift. Naming Manna as a beneficiary assures that an intended amount (or percentage) of money will go to Manna. As long as the premium is paid up, the face amount will be paid. Insurance can be beneficial to donors with large estates (and trusts) who wish to protect their assets for family and charity.
Your retirement assets, accumulated over many years and invested in tax-deferred accounts, could ultimately be a large portion of your estate. You may wish to explore the benefit of designating Manna as a primary or secondary (after your spouse) beneficiary on your retirement plans.
Many public and private companies match their employees’ contributions to non-profits. Checking with your employer could double or even triple the value of your gift to us.
In addition to being the most common form of planned giving, a bequest to Manna helps to insure our future without affecting your current personal finances. Donors have many options in determining how to leave a bequest to provide for maximum estate tax charitable deductions and benefit to Manna. Bequests to Manna Can Take Several Forms: an outright monetary bequest a percentage of an estate a specific asset, such as personal or real property a trust created in a will a contingent beneficiary, i.e., Manna receives the assets if there are no surviving beneficiaries

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