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WE SAW YOU: Youth Villages Soup Sunday

The soup-forward event raises money for young people aging out of foster care.

Andrew and Emily Adams, Colleen Kohl, and Blake Murray (Photos: Michael Donahue)

Soup was on for the 36th time at Soup Sunday, which was held February 23rd at The Kent.

A total of 32 restaurant and catering vendors participated.

Jenny and J. Pallme
Patrick and Ellen Lawler with Gabriella Prieto
India Weaver and
Serena Dixon
Thomas Vanelli and Charles Vanelli
Donita Scott and Reese Adkins
Christopher and
Karolyn Neely
Alexander and
Alexandra Walker
Anna Catron Lee and
Gabe Roberts

More than 500 people attended, which was a record in attendance since the event started being held at The Kent. The Youth Villages Soup Sunday has been held at The Kent four times. The event began at the old Captain Bilbo’s restaurant before moving to FedExForum.

Proceeds go to LifeSet, a program to help young people who are aging out of foster care.

Terry and Phil Woodard
Patricia Davis and Beth Yobak
Khalid Washington
Taylor Coleman and
Marcia Coleman
Sergio Valero
Miles Epley and Michael Patrick
Jason Jones, Tanja Jones, Shaun Bernard,
and Amanda Bernard

“We had a great turnout at our 36th annual Soup Sunday, a fundraising event that has grown so much since we first started it in 1990,” says Youth Villages CEO Patrick Lawler. “It was a huge success, raising more than $100,000 for the LifeSet program.”

Rob Jaffe and Sara Boscarino

You could say Soup Sunday has been “souped-up.” 

By Michael Donahue

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until early 2017, when he joined Contemporary Media.