Not only has God's Chuckwagon been given some needed repairs, but as Newswatch 16's Nikki Kreise showed us, the mobile soup kitchen has also been renovated.
NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — For nearly two decades, God's Chuck Wagon Meals are distributed from buses throughout central Pennsylvania. Pastors James and Janet Bowers of Northumberland run a mobile soup kitchen.
Recently, members of the Leadership Susquehanna Valley group were looking for a nonprofit organization to help with a service project. Kendra Baylor saw an article about her God's Chuckwagon on Newswatch 16.
“The next day we were meeting and trying to decide which nonprofits to work with, and based on the news articles we saw, we decided to give God's Chuckwagon a try.” Beiler said.
God's Chuckwagon feeds hundreds of people every week, but until Leadership Susquehanna Valley stepped in, the mobile soup kitchen didn't have a website or an easy way for people to donate. That has changed recently.
“We contacted Sun Area Technical Institute and their collision repair class helped us. We had some much-needed repairs, including a water leak in the window. They fixed them and , we removed all the old stickers from the bus.”
The new style was unveiled at a ribbon cutting at Shikellamie State Park.
“It's a great new look for us,” said the Rev. James Bowers, “We're very proud and happy about it. We're getting a fresh start. It's a new look and everything, so it's great.”
Bowers said the repairs will allow God's Chuckwagon to help even more people.
“It's such a big deal. I'm so happy. I'm so happy to see it come to fruition.”
