Nicole Botha hosted a soup day at Cornerstone Church in Klopperpark on June 25 to offer support to members of the community in need.

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Residents showed up and queued to get their share of warm soup and bread.

“I hope to host another event before winter is over.

“The community played a big role in making the soup day a success,” said Botha.

“They donated the bread, soup, vegetables and all the ingredients for the making of the soup. It is cold and people need help,” she said.

“People also gave of their time to help. The turnout was beyond what we expected and we are hopeful that we made a difference,” said Botha.

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Jane Habib said such an event always brings people together and united.

“We need the soup kitchen to happen at least twice a month.

“When someone does something for the community we all need to jump in and support it,” said Habib.

“The community has come together before, whether it was the flea market or any event before that,” said Habib.

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Zam Habib said it feels good as a young person to support the community because usually, it is elder who are seen doing community projects.

“Doing community projects may not seem like fun because most of the time the youth prefers other ways of having fun but who wouldn’t feel good helping out the community?” she said.