SJC helps Sulzbacher Center purchase new refrigerated truck

Needing to replace a broken refrigerated truck that delivers food for the homeless, Sulzbacher Center has received $22,000 from St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral to bolster a $15,000 grant and enable the purchase of a new $37,000 vehicle.

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Sulzbacher coordinated with all other area homeless service providers to use hotels for quarantining people who have tested positive for the virus. This includes transporting meals to those in quarantine. On an ongoing basis, safe, refrigerated transportation of food from food banks and grocery donors, and transportation of prepared meals to remote serving locations, including hotels, is essential to the meal program. 

Sulzbacher’s current delivery truck is more than 10 years old and its broken refrigeration unit was deemed not worth the cost to repair. A grant from the Truist Bank Foundation provided $15,000 toward the purchase of the new truck, while $22,000 from St. John’s Cathedral will round out the balance of costs including specialized equipment.

“We are thrilled to have received this incredibly generous gift from our good friends at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral," said Cindy Funkhouser, Sulzbacher President and CEO. "The donation will be used to buy a new refrigerated truck for our kitchen. This vehicle is critically needed to be able to transport donated food to be used in our meals program, and also to transport meals to people we are serving who are in hotels in quarantine due to COVID. St. John’s has been a partner with Sulzbacher since the very beginning and we are so thankful for their compassion for people experiencing homelessness.”

The connection between SJC and Sulzbacher Center is a strong one. IM Sulzbacher was a faithful member of this Cathedral. We consider the ministry of Sulzbacher to be Christ’s work in this world,” said the Very Rev. Kate Moorehead, Dean of St. John’s Cathedral. “Just as Jesus fed the five thousand, so he continues to ask us to feed the hungry even today.”

Throughout the past year, Sulzbacher’s kitchen prepared and served 472,376 meals to the homeless and hungry of our community. Sulzbacher has seen a 50 percent increase in meals served in the walk-up food line since the opening of the Urban Rest Stop in 2019. The Urban Rest Stop is a place where the unsheltered homeless population can go during the day to receive meals, showers, and referrals for housing along with other services. 
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Sunday, August 1, 2021
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 13

8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral
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Tuesday, August 3
Clarence Fulton, David Alexander,
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