The Program
Dinner at Six: voices from the soup kitchen is available for use in fundraising to any non-profit charities dedicated to supporting the hungry and homeless.
The Dinner at Six project is a response to a universal need - hunger and homelessness. There is no cost to participate in this program. Any agency or group dedicated to this cause is welcome to books as long as our supply is available.
Launched in May of 2002, the program has been fantastically successful. Some of the accomplishments to date include:
- The soup kitchen of St. Paul/St. James has raised over $2500 through book sales.
- The Community Soup Kitchen has raised over $4,600 through book sales.
- There are reports that numerous people have volunteered their time to work at soup kitchens after reading the book.
- The project has spread to other organizations in New Jersey, New York, Texas and California.
- The Coalition to End Homelessness in Maine has distributed books to its 40 shelters throughout the state.
- Two colleges (Colby in Maine and Saint Joseph’s in Connecticut) have used Dinner at Six as a textbook in their sociology department.
- The book has been sent to congressmen, senators and governors to alert them to the plight of the homeless.
- The book has sold out at two Barnes and Noble stores in the New Haven area (the money going to Community Soup Kitchen and St. Paul/St. James).
- The project has received media attention (TV, radio, press) in New Haven and elsewhere.
For full information on how to participate in this program, please download these instructions (pdf version) or contact us at thomaselane@sbcglobal.net
