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We are serving our daily meal at the normal time of 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Mrs. Mary Louise Mattingly, mother of Executive Director Chuck Mattingly, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31 at the age of 93. To express your sympathy to Chuck and his family, there is visitation at Evergreen Funeral Home, 4623 Preston Highway, Louisville from 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4. The funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at Holy Family Church, 3938 Poplar Level Road, Louisville. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual shine upon her and all the faithful departed.

Thanks to our friends at the UAW Fern Valley Rd. for the turkey donations that we will share with those in need!

We can use your help in making our daily hot meal available to the hungry in our community. You can now sign up to volunteer through the end of February by clicking on the button below. We are grateful for your help and your prayers.

We give thanks to the Oxmoor Auto Group and the Toyota Dealer Matching Program for their generous contributions in support of the security system that will be installed in the next several days.

Our November 2020 newsletter is heading to your mailbox. Read about the Christmas Giveaway, how you can help for #GIVINGTUESDAY, and meet our new Board members. You can also access it by going to the News and Events tab and clicking Newsletters.

We are most grateful to the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant for the gift of protective masks for use by our guests. A special shout-out to Morgan Hanley and Kevin Deaton for making the delivery to us.

We can always use additional hands in helping to serve our daily hot meal to the hungry in our community. Click the button below to inform us of your availability. Thank you for your help and your prayers!

We mourn the loss of long-standing Thursday volunteer, Patricia Showalter. Please remember Pat and her family in your prayers. https://www.legacy.com/obitu…/…/patricia-showalter-obituary…  Sadly, another faithful volunteer, Chuck Gerth, tragically lost his son, Tyler, in the shooting that occurred in Jefferson Square Park on Saturday. We join the family in mourning their loss and ask for prayers of consolation and peace.

Our friends at Kroger have Kool-Aid packs on sale for $ .99 when you buy 5 or more. Can you help us out by buying some to donate to us? We use at least 16 of these every day during our serving time. You can drop them off Mon-Fri from 6:00am till 1:00pm. Thank you for your generosity and your daily prayers!

Do you have access to any quantity of red ripe tomatoes? We like to serve healthy, good looking salads to our guests. We have everything to make some great salads except tomatoes. You can drop them off Monday - Friday from 6:00 -1:00 or Saturday from 8:00 -1:00. Thank you.

With many of our regular volunteers heeding the recommendations to remain home during the crisis, we need volunteer drivers to do food pick ups from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Also, we can use additional food prep assistance from anytime after 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. Thanks to those who are have stepped up at this time to fill the gaps. We are especially grateful to Kentucky Harvest for bringing us needed items and to the Brown-Forman Corporation for providing us with prepared bag lunches. Please continue to pray for the health and safety all of our volunteers and guests, as well as our city, state, country, and the world during this pandemic. If you want to help us out, please call me at 502-643-8400.

Looking for ways to help the Franciscan Kitchen? We are in desperate need of hamburger buns and sliced bread. Since most all was bought up in the last week, we are getting almost no donations from the grocery stores...there is nothing to donate. If you have surplus or could buy some and drop it off between 6:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Friday or 8:00 -1:00 on Saturday, that would greatly help us. Thank you.

Guests of The Franciscan Kitchen will now enter the Brother Jim Fields, OFM Conv Memorial Dining Room for their meal. The room was dedicated to the organization's founder on Saturday, February 1, 2020.

Thank you to all who attended the Trivia Night event at St. Bartholomew Parish on January 24th to benefit The Franciscan Kitchen. We are grateful for your support.

Our annual Trivia Night will be held on Friday, September 6th at Holy Family's Saffin Center. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and Trivia begins at 7:00 pm. Check back for more details.

St. Bartholomew Parish's Trivia Night will be held on Friday, January 18th in the Magel Center. Doors open at 06:00 PM, and the Trivia will begin at 07:00 PM. Proceeds will benefit The Franciscan Kitchen. Contact Gina or Chuck Priddy for reservations: 451-2929. Click on Parish Trivia Night for the link to register and pay for your team's table.