Southside Fellowship Structure

The wonderful people of  Southside Fellowship in Elkhart held a toliet paper drive for the CCS pantry.    Check out the structure that they built with it! The “ornaments” hanging on the tree are decorated tuna cans.    The result – 22 lbs. of tuna ad 80 lbs. of toliet paper!  What a clever, fun [...]

Need to clean out your toy box to make more room?

Remember how much fun it was to play with these then you were little?  We have some toddlers who would like to have fun too. Soup Of Success hosts a monthly reunion night for graduates and their children.  Our childcare area is in need of (gently used/new) toddler toys – specifically blocks, a shape sorter [...]

Cyber Monday Special (Good on Sunday as well!)

Save yourself the hassle of shopping in crowds this year!  You deserve some rest, relaxation and FREE SHIPPING! Soup Of Success products make great stocking stuffers and our beautiful gourmet gift baskets are perfect for anyone on your list. Enter the code CYBERMONDAY in the check out to receive free shipping on any online order [...]

Evidence of a Community of Support and Trust

I often think about what it is that makes my job so enjoyable. It’s not just about helping people in crisis financially. A lot of what we do as counselors is to listen, to connect clients to resources in the community, to assess the immediate need and point the  client in the right direction to [...]

Words from the women of the Soup of Success program

The current two Soup Of Success classes share their thoughts… I now have an extended family with all of the ladies here at SOS.  Thank you so much for this opportunity to learn and grow with you all.  God Bless Ya’ll! – Pam This is the best job I’ve ever had. It has changed my [...]

In Retrospect: CCS Homecoming

On November 7th we hosted our 2011 homecoming at Church Community Services  — 907 Oakland Avenue in Elkhart. The reunion brought many people together from over the generations of CCS’s 43 year existence including Maynard Good CCS’ original coordinator and Chuck Vetter, an original founder.   Current and former Board members and staff filled the [...]

We Hit a High Today!

We hit a high number today of 251.  That is 251 families coming through our front door for food (18,000+ lbs.) today alone! Yesterday, we had 208.  Tomorrow… who knows?  What we do know is that without your help, we would have had to turn people away.  Thank you for all that you do. Creative [...]

NEW Soup Of Success Product Hits the Shelves!

Banana Split Trail Mix! Only $2.50 available at our office or online here. Read on for one of our reviewers honest comments: Banana Split Trial Mix Ingredients: Banana Nut Granola, peanuts, M&M’s, dried strawberries, pineapple, cherries & bananas   A Skeptic’s Review OK…so I say skeptical because I’m not a fan of fake banana.  You [...]

Go Concord Minutemen!

We love Concord!   The entire Concord school system (from the elementary schools all the way up to the High School) recently held an enormous food drive for CCS.  This week they delivered 7, 035 pounds of much needed food to our pantry plus an additional $750 to purchase even more food! The groceries not [...]

National Split Pea Soup Week!

This week is National Split Pea Soup Week! just sayin’… Celebrate with Soup of Success Sensational Split Pea Soup! Available at Soup of Success, 907 Oakland Ave., Elkhart, IN, any of these retail locations, or online at www.soupofsuccess.com! Anyone who makes an online order this week (November 9th-13th) gets a free Sensational Split Pea Soup [...]