{"id":189,"date":"2009-11-13T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T10:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/11\/good-news-friday.html"},"modified":"2009-11-13T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T10:59:55","slug":"good-news-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/11\/good-news-friday.html","title":{"rendered":"Good News Friday: Rachel Ray Saves Soup Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/iStock_000000164248XSmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iStock_000000164248XSmall.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/203\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/11\/iStock_000000164248XSmall-thumb-305x393-9373.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" width=\"305\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><font>With o<\/font><font>ver 15% of the population unemployed, the folks in Wilmington, Ohio have been hit hard and many of them rely heavily on a local soup kitchen called &#8220;<\/font><font>Your<br \/>\nFather&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221; <\/font><font> for their evening meal. Then, hard times hit the soup<br \/>\nkitchen, too and just as they were about to shut their doors, an angel appeared.<\/p>\n<p>When celebrity chef, Rachel Ray, heard the soup kitchen was about to close, she decided to lend some helping<br \/>\nhands. While on tour with Nick Lachey, Rachel Ray and her entire crew stopped at the Wilmington, Ohio kitchen<br \/>\nto not only <\/font><font>help keep their doors open, but to remodel their entire kitchen. <\/p>\n<p>Along with the remodel, the soup kitchen received&nbsp;<\/font><font>new appliances, a more workable<br \/>\nspace and enough food to last for a year with the help of Sara Lee!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, says Allen Willoughby, director of the soup kitchen, we&#8217;ll get<br \/>\ntheir pies and all their breads and bakery goods and meats. It&#8217;s going to be great.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe kitchen feeds up to 500 people a day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The town has been devastated, said Rachel Ray. &#8220;We want to do<br \/>\nsomething for them that will last much longer than one meal, one day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to help out too, contact <a href=\"http:\/\/feedingamerica.org\/\">Feeding America<\/a>,or <a href=\"http:\/\/strength.org\/\">Share Our<br \/>\nStrength<\/a> to find out about local food banks or soup kitchens in your area.<\/p>\n<p>With the holidays approaching, let&#8217;s see what we can do to share our blessings with those who are in need of our care and support<\/p>\n<p>God Bless you, Rachel Ray and your wonderful crew for your good work. <br \/><\/font><br \/>\n<br \/><font>Peace &amp; Blessings!<\/font><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 15% of the population unemployed, the folks in Wilmington, Ohio have been hit hard and many of them rely heavily on a local soup kitchen called &#8220;Your Father&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221; for their evening meal. 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