 While the Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen in Brainerd recently received a record-breaking donation from an area business, Chad Schwenderman of Exit Lakes Realty Premier presented a check for over $31,000 to the Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen earlier this week. The donation was made possible through a fundraising effort by the Exit Lakes Realty team. They held a contest that motivated their employees to go out into the community and gather donations that were matched then by Exit Lakes Realty. When it comes to businesses and individuals, donations to support Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen, and I've been involved in this ministry for some 20 years. We've never had a single gift that was that large, so it was quite a celebration for us and we're just amazed and so thankful. Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen was founded in 1987 at the St. Francis Church in Brainerd and eventually moved to its own location on Oak Street. The Soup Kitchen serves a meal every day to anyone in the community no questions asked. Food is cooked and served by volunteers from different groups and organizations around the Brainerd Lakes area. For whatever reason people may find themselves falling through the cracks and we have great social services and tremendous support in our community but occasionally people will find themselves in need of you know just a daily sustenance you know what I mean they're hungry and that's what we're here for. The Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen is holding a Christmas dinner fundraiser this Sunday, December 9th at Prairie Bay in Brainerd. For more information you can visit the story on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.