The News & Observer newspaper article about UMD and our chef can be read online at the following link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1158872.html

The Spring 2008 Newsletter is now available online. Click here to download Adobe PDF file (1,376 Kb).

Urban Ministries of Durham Seeks New Development Director. To learn more about this opportunity see the following document.

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The Spring 2008 Newsletter is now available online. Click here to download Adobe PDF file (149 Kb).

On March 6th, 2008, the second annual Empty Bowls event raised over $15,000 for Urban Ministries’ hunger relief efforts. Watch the video to see highlights from the evening.

Support Urban Ministries of Durham in the Great Human Race on Saturday, March 29^th!  Now in its 13th year, the Great Human Race is a 5K run/walk fundraiser for all Triangle area nonprofits hosted by the Volunteer Center of Durham.

Online contributions to sponsor UMD walkers or runners can be made through the Active Giving website:  www.active.com/donate/greathumanrace/umd. 

If you are interested in running or walking on behalf of UMD, please contact Jeanne Chang at 919.682.0583 x 63. 

The Winter 2007-2008 Newsletter is now available online. Click here to download Adobe PDF file (132 Kb).

Click here to download the event poster Adobe PDF file (2 Mb).

Durham, N.C. – February 12, 2008 - Gourmet soup, live jazz, and local celebrities will be on hand at Urban Ministries of Durham’s Empty Bowls benefit on Thursday evening, March 6th, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster Street.  The event supports UMD’s work to eliminate hunger and its root causes.

For $30, each Empty Bowls attendee can enjoy a taste of soup from six of Durham’s hottest eateries, along with fresh-baked bread and desserts provided by local businesses and community partners.  Attendees also choose a handcrafted keepsake pottery bowl from among more than 500 donated by area potters.  A panel of local celebrity judges will declare “The Best Soup in Durham.”

Participating restaurants include Watts Grocery, Blu Seafood and Bar, Six Plates Wine Bar, Symposium Café, Whole Foods Market Café, Pao Lim Asian Bistro, and the Fairview Dining Room at the Washington Duke Inn.   Soup judges include Frank Stasio, host of WUNC Radio’s The State of Things; WTVD news anchor Larry Stogner; Jennings Brody, owner of Parker and Otis; and Durham Mayor Bill Bell.  Bowls are donated by potters associated with Claymakers and Clayworks pottery guilds.

Tickets may be purchased at Urban Ministries, 410 Liberty St., or at the door.  Family discounts and meal-only (no bowl) options are available.  Due to generous corporate and community support, one hundred percent of ticket proceeds goes directly to UMD’s hunger relief efforts.

A group of Michigan potters created Empty Bowls in 1991.  The program is now a national fundraising event that raises millions of dollars to fight hunger around the world.  This is Durham’s second Empty Bowls event.

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RSVVP, which stands for “Restaurants Sharing V/5+V/5 Percent,” offers Triangle residents the opportunity to help feed needy families in their community simply by enjoying a meal at their favorite participating restaurants. The 19th annual RSVVP Day will be held Tuesday, November 13, 2007. To learn more about RSVVP and to find a list of participating restaurants, click here (www.rsvvp.org) Or click here to go directly to the 2007 participating restaurants directory (http://rsvvp.org/ParticipatingRestaurants.htm).

Across the Triangle, more than 200 restaurants will participate, each pledging 10% of the day’s gross receipts (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bar sales) to help alleviate hunger in the Triangle.

The donations from the participating Durham residents support the Community Kitchen of Urban Ministries of Durham, which serves three meals daily, 7 days per week, 365 days per year-nearly 160,000 meals annually to as many as 2500 different people who are hungry, homeless or otherwise in need.

Since its inception in 1989, this annual partnership of Triangle restaurants and media sponsors has raised more than $350,000 to relieve hunger and poverty. Donations from Raleigh restaurants support the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC, and Chapel Hill restaurants support the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.

– posted by Michael Solomonides, Development Director