Our History

1990
The Big Game 1990

$5,700 generated

First Souper Bowl of Caring
22 churches collect $5,700 in Columbia, South Carolina
1991
The Big Game 1991 Tampa Bay, FL

$22,000 generated

1992
The Big Game 1992 Minneapolis, MN

$50,000 generated

1993
The Big Game 1993

$144,000 generated

Churches and schools from 36 states join in first national effort
1994
The Big Game 1994 Atlanta, GA

$270,628 generated

1995
The Big Game 1995 South Florida

$406,632 generated

1996
The Big Game 1996 Phoenix, AZ

$737,611 generated

1997
The Big Game 1997 New Orleans, LA

$989,317 generated

Souper Bowl of Caring breaks $1 million and gains 501(c)(3) non-profit status
1998
The Big Game 1998 San Diego, CA

$1,594,523 generated

1999
The Big Game 1999 South Florida

$2,430,209 generated

2000
The Big Game 2000 Atlanta, GA

$2,913,683 generated

2001
The Big Game 2001 Tampa Bay, FL

$3,206,102 generated

2002
The Big Game 2002 New Orleans, LA

$2,816,940 generated

Founder, Rev. Dr. Brad Smith becomes first full-time staff member as Executive Director
2003
The Big Game 2003 San Diego, CA

$3,280,297 generated

Awarded Daily Point of Light Award by Points of Light Foundation
2004
The Big Game 2004 Houston, TX

$4,131,309 generated

First NFL Owners support Souper Bowl of Caring: Bob and Janice McNair- Houston Texans
First Lady Laura Bush kicks-off Souper Bowl of Caring in Washington, DC
2005
The Big Game 2005 Jacksonville, FL

$4,028,500 generated

President George H.W. Bush becomes National Advocate
President Jimmy Carter becomes National Advocate
2006
The Big Game 2006 Detroit, MI

$5,008,216 generated

First official Super Bowl Host Committee Endorsement- Detroit Super Bowl XL
2007
The Big Game 2007 South Florida

$8,166,892 generated

Inaugural Souper Bowl of Caring Greater Houston Food Drive collects $1.8 million in cash and cans
2008
The Big Game 2008 Phoenix, AZ

$10,332,765 generated

National total reaches $10 million in cash and food
Community Food Drive initiative expands to Austin and Dallas/Fort Worth
2009
The Big Game 2009 Tampa Bay, FL

$10,415,067 generated

Tracy Bender appointed President and CEO of Souper Bowl of Caring
Founder and Executive Director Rev. Dr. Brad Smith accepts a call to become Senior Pastor at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. Former Vice President of Communications Tracy Bender is appointed new President and CEO for Souper Bowl of Caring
2010
The Big Game 2010 South Florida

$10,252,849 generated

2011
The Big Game 2011 North Texas

$9,615,864 generated

2012
The Big Game 2012 Indianapolis, IN

$9,946,402 generated

2013
The Big Game 2013 New Orleans, LA

$7,630,416 generated

National Headquarters Move To Houston, Texas
Clara Cooper appointed President / CEO
2014
The Big Game 2014 New York, NY

$8,527,734 generated

Souper Bowl of Caring breaks $100 million milestone since 1990
2015
The Big Game 2015 Phoenix, AZ

$8,171,476 generated

2016
The Big Game 2016 San Francisco, CA

$10,567,344 generated

2017
The Big Game 2017 Houston, TX

$10,206,714 generated

2018
The Big Game 2018

$8,340,390 generated

2019
The Big Game 2019

$9,779,693 generated

2020
The Big Game 2020

$10,731,755 generated

2021
The Big Game 2021

$5,210,889 generated

2022
The Big Game 2022

$3,232,821 generated

2023
The Big Game 2023

$3,424,637 generated

And I've been working with the youth group through the year, and we have 3 fundraising events coming up in the next couple weeks.
To Tracy, Caroline, Jamie, Sheree and all SBoC staff- there is not enough we can say to accurately express how thankful we all are for all that you do for us, for NYAB, for SBoC, and for just dedicating so much of your time to helping others. You guys are beyond amazing and have helped transform so many lives and for that we are so so so grateful
Yours in the spirit of knowing that in "extreme situations when human lives and dignity are at stake, neutrality is a sin
Yours in the spirit of knowing that in "extreme situations when human lives and dignity are at stake, neutrality is a sin
It's made me realize that the God works in ways I will probably never understand, but I do know that he is always with us, and the Souper Bowl showed me that this week.
It's made me realize that the God works in ways I will probably never understand, but I do know that he is always with us, and the Souper Bowl showed me that this week.
A bunch of kids are just saying that it is their choice to be homeless. Hopefully I am opening up their eyes to see that it is not a choice.
A bunch of kids are just saying that it is their choice to be homeless. Hopefully I am opening up their eyes to see that it is not a choice.
i can honestly say that reading them has motivated me and put me back on track with things. it's obvious that everyone wrote from their heart and they practically scream about how much we love sboc. hopefully they can have the same effect on others that they had on me.
I went into this year's first meeting thinking "ok, maybe it'll be as good as last year this time around," but wow, was I wrong or what?!
The collection, which went to Joshua's Warehouse, totaled $136.90 and 263 pounds of canned goods.
Our school had a homeroom race with the winning homeroom bringing in over 600 canned goods. It toal over 1, 500 canned goods and non-perishable items were collected for our local Food Pantry.
Our youth group decided to send the money raised from SouperBowl Sunday to Week of Compassion (global) and the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank (local). Many of our youth participated, banging pots raising donations and trying to get the word out on this great program.
SBoC is a selfless, caring, and thoughtful charity where you collect money, and all of the money that you collect stays in your local community to help stop hunger in your local community.
I recommend SBoC to others because not only do you have fun at the meetings, you will learn about hunger and way to stop hunger, and you will gain 11 new friends if not more just by being involved with them.
Ever since I joined the Souper Bowl of Caring movement in 2007 I think about people who are hungry every meal that I eat.
We raised $450 last year, during our first Souper Bowl of Caring! Can't wait to see how much we can raise in 2012.
From my affiliation with the NYAB I feel like I can do much more in my community with the support of the other members and the staff. When I got onto the board I learned a lot about serving, leadership and poverty that I would not have learned with out this experience.
I am part of the National Youth Advisory Board for Souper Bowl of Caring. We help with fighting poverty and hunger nation wide. This organization lets me fulfill my joy of helping people in need.
Every year preparing for the Super Bowl And Souper Bowl of Caring gets me excited. This excitement is what brought me to the NYAB.
Our Youth Group is amazing,,,they incresed the number of non-perishaable soup items collected from 135 to 358 in just one week. We are so thrilled to know that we have been able to provide a meal for more than 350 hungry people! Great work kids.
Vesta UMC has participated in The Souper Bowl of Caring for the past 10 years and has raised over $2,000 to help with community hunger relief missions.
We are grateful for Souper Bowl giving us another reminder and opportunity to be aware of the hunger in the USA. i have been doing missions work around the world since 1987 and realize that the USA is still a country with poor and hungry people as well. Thank you again for all the good work you are doing for the USA!
It was good to see so many people at the January 24 Presbytery Meeting remember our "mini" Souper Bowl of Caring!
We will be having a "Souper" Bowl Lunch at our Church on Super Bowl Sunday. The members of the Congregation have to rent a spoon in order to eat lunch. We have done this for the past several years and it has been very successful.
This year we are giving canned Soup & Crackers to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard for our Souper Bowl donation, along with any monetary donations that we collect on January 29 and February 5
We handed out our grocery bags, encouraging our congregation to begin collecting nonperishable foods. Many will share a bag with a friend or neighbor, asking for help with our mission to end hunger in our community.
Our Youth Group was busy braving the cold and snow this weekend, and were successful at collecting over 135 non-perishable soup items to donate to our local food pantries.
We are excited to be a part of the souper bowl for caring food drive. We have selected the Con
Although we are getting a late start as we just signed up today, January 16, our group is extremely excited about participating in something so large and so wonderful in God's name.
We had such a successful first year, that we want to do it again! Let's thank God for all our blessings and give generously to those who have less. God bless you all.
This is the second year for First Presbyterian of Sandpoint Idaho to participate in Souper Bowl of Caring. A week ago the local paper "Bonner County Daily Bee" January 25, 2013, ran a front page article on Souper Bowl of Caring and the church's participation.
We ask people to aslo bring items for the church kitchen and bathrooms and donations for our local food pantry. It's a fun time and something we look forward to every year. Thanks to Souper Bowl of Caring !!
On Sunday, February 3 we will collect money for Souper Bowl of Caring at our church services. We will also be donating our monthly food choice (soups and crackers!) to our local Food Cupboard. We are very thankful to be able to help stock the shelves for people in need in our community.
On Sunday, February 3 we will collect money for Souper Bowl of Caring at our church services. We will also be donating our monthly food choice (soups and crackers!) to our local Food Cupboard. We are very thankful to be able to help stock the shelves for people in need in our community.
Our journey to caring starts on Sunday, February 3 when we're asking anybody that comes to our annual Superbowl Party, to bring cans of soup, soupmix, and copies of healthy soup recipes. We will donate all the food to our local Community Center.
Our journey to caring starts on Sunday, February 3 when we're asking anybody that comes to our annual Superbowl Party, to bring cans of soup, soupmix, and copies of healthy soup recipes. We will donate all the food to our local Community Center.
We thought that the Meals on Wheels program is such a blessing to those in our community that we would give our 2013 Souper Bowl of Caring donations to our local program. We will take up our donations in our big soup pots immediately following our worship services on January 27th and February 3rd. Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of something so awesome!
We thought that the Meals on Wheels program is such a blessing to those in our community that we would give our 2013 Souper Bowl of Caring donations to our local program. We will take up our donations in our big soup pots immediately following our worship services on January 27th and February 3rd. Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of something so awesome!
Again this year, Kidz Korner at Asbury United Methodist Church will participate in the SOUPER BOWL of CARING project. Kidz Korner will sponsor a Souper Bowl Luncheon after Morning Worship. Donations received will be used to purchase refreshment items for the Ronald McDonald's Reception Center.
130 children from Pre K through to 6th Grade participated in the SouperBowl of Caring. Our goal was to collect 1,000 cans. We pooled our resources and were able to achieve this goal in less than 1 week. We are a strong family and we can stomp out hunger if we all work together!
Our students love doing this food drive. The very youngest are the most amazed. When they bring their food down, they can't believe how much we have.
Eagle View Elementary is a National School of Caring. This year our Student Leadership Circle is conducting our food drive. Students are asked to bring canned goods from home, during the Super Bowl of Reading, to be given to the Food Banks in Roosevelt and Vernal
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Northwest Washington Synod, and the ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod, celebrated by extending a mutual challenge to raise money for the hungry. Bishops of both synods challenged ELCA congregations and fans to see which synod could raise the most to support the hungry via the 2014 Souper Bowl of Caring.
This year, we had a great turnout! Over 80 people came to our dinner and enjoyed lots of different soups made especially by our youth parents. After the dinner, we had the silent auction for the bowls. This year, we are pleased to provide the Soup Kitchen with $1,150.
Last year, we started this Souper Bowl Dinner and Fundraiser Auction to raise more money for the Souper Bowl of Caring, which we give the proceeds to the local Soup Kitchen. This year, we had a great turnout!
2014 will be St. Zachary's third year participating in this worthy event. We hope to surpass our previous two years' collections. I feel good about this year's Souperbowl. It will be the best so far!
Even with a smaller than usual turnout for worship, the members of Grace acted boldly and supported the Iowa County Food Pantry by donating $528.87! Thank you to everyone who participated and donated to this wonderful cause!
Every year we put out two soup pots one marked NFC and the other AFC. We ask members to place their dollars in the pot that they think will win the Super Bowl. Monies and soup collected go to Lutheran ministries in the Rochester Community.
Prior to our collection of monetary gifts after service on Feb 2, 2014, we extended a challenge to have each Sunday School class donate cans of soup during the month leading up to the big day. So far, in three weeks we've collected 829 cans of soup.
In 2014, the Gulf Beach Presbyterian Community Food Pantry fed 21,186 meals to 2,354 people in the Panama City Beach area. .
We raised 3860lbs. I am so proud of our church! Souper Bowl Sunday will be the "kick" off for 2015.
We raised 3860lbs. I am so proud of our church! Souper Bowl Sunday will be the "kick" off for 2015.
We raised 3860lbs. I am so proud of our church! Souper Bowl Sunday will be the "kick" off for 2015.
I took a moment today to realize that my thankfulness for these things is in part why I got involved. I have gotten in contact with administration in my school in regards to putting up posters advertising the service blitz.
I took a moment today to realize that my thankfulness for these things is in part why I got involved. I have gotten in contact with administration in my school in regards to putting up posters advertising the service blitz.
I took a moment today to realize that my thankfulness for these things is in part why I got involved. I have gotten in contact with administration in my school in regards to putting up posters advertising the service blitz.
Our parish youth with be wearing purple "Souper Bowl of Caring t-shirts and passing around Soup cans after each of our Masses to help "TACKLE HUNGER" in Sandusky County.
Our parish youth with be wearing purple "Souper Bowl of Caring t-shirts and passing around Soup cans after each of our Masses to help "TACKLE HUNGER" in Sandusky County.
Our parish youth with be wearing purple "Souper Bowl of Caring t-shirts and passing around Soup cans after each of our Masses to help "TACKLE HUNGER" in Sandusky County.
We are in a retirement community, so our "Youth Group" are those age 65 and under. We give our soup and funds to a local mission that helps the poorest counties in Tennessee.
Just thought you'd like to know that the desire to feed the hungry is never outgrown! Blessings! Pastor Laurie
We serve an average of 150 families per month which is typically around 600 people.
We have set a goal to collect $2,000 and 10,000 canned food donations. We can only get there if everyone does their part and get the word out to the Fort Worth Community.
Our Youth Group did a great job presenting the Skit: Our Souper Bowl Commercial. The kids did a great job with the props and acting. The congregation thoroughly enjoyed it! They were able to explain what the Souper Bowl of Caring is and how we are collecting on Super Bowl Sunday
It's even more special that we get to choose the charity to receive the donations. Catholic Charities here in Lubbock helps 100's of people each week with food, clothing, utility assistance, medical, and housing. The donations will be put to good use feeding those in need here in Lubbock and the surrounding areas.
We will be selling soup on Super Bowl Sunday , February 7, 2016 to raise money for Food Share in Southbridge, Massachusetts to help with food insecurity in the community.
We're amping up our soup offerings for this Sunday brunch! Enjoy several varieties, bread bowls, and even a tasting trio of soups. All soup proceeds will be donated to Light of Life rescue mission!
Kids First would like to thank all the people who help us to help others...the every day folk, the small businesses, the neighbours...all of whom reach out a helping hand that allows each of us to link up...form a chain...a chain reaction of love, hope and thanks.
Thank you
"I guess you would call me "working Poor." Just can't ever seem to get ahead. Then I got sick and couldn't work. My car died. Without help from The Caring Place I would have been evicted. With the hand up from The Caring Place, now I feel cared for and have hope. I am back at work and things are starting to stabilize. Thank you for everything!"
Please join us as we extend this opportunity to lend a helping hand to families and children in our community. Think of the difference you can make in the life of a child and family with this offering of sustenance.

Thank you for your kind consideration and support of our school.
St. Paul served five homemade soups in our Fellowship Hall after worship. This Fund Raiser is our collective effort to do our part to stamp out hunger - especially child hunger. We set a NEW RECORD !
Give from the heart and you will be rewarded. The warm feeling will last a lifetime.
My experience with Souper Bowl has helped me to become more confident in myself. The employees of Souper Bowl of Caring taught me that just because I am young, I can still make a difference in my community. I am so thankful for them and for Souper Bowl of Caring. This year has truly been a life changing experience!
"Our congregation was amazing in their leaping at the opportunity to support the enthusiasm shown by our youth to care for our local community in such a relevant and tangible way," said Aaron Lickliter, the church's director of children and youth ministries.
The Souper Bowl of Caring Soup Luncheon at First Christian Church offered more than 35 homemade soups, loads of friends and lots of fellowship, awarding the Father John Golden Spoon Award to Mission United Methodist Church and First United Methodist Church, their second win in as many years. Donations totaled more than $4,500, all of which will go to VISTO.
"I've also worked at dog shelters and other food banks, but I think the coordination of this is smart as people are shopping either for the game tomorrow or just their regular shopping day," she said. "It really makes it easy to collect food and money."
Sixteen Catholic schools and parish religious education programs (PREP) in the Philadelphia Archdiocese took part this month in the "Souper Bowl of Caring," a national food drive coordinated locally by Nutritional Development Services in which youth and their communities help those in need.
In addition, this year, to celebrate the event's 11th anniversary and help as many people as possible, the church will be raffling off gift cards to local restaurants and other businesses. Visitors can receive free raffle tickets by bringing non-perishable food items, paper products, household cleaners and/or personal hygiene items for a Food Pantry Collection. Participants will receive a free ticket for every five regular size items.
Community Food Pantry feed 560 families per month. Of these, 262 have children under the age 18. Community Food Pantry receives food from the Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri along with donations from local businesses, groups and individuals.
"It was a success, I reserved 24 lanes and they're all sold out. I'm really excited," Natividad said. "If you can feed one family, you are answering their prayers. I'm not doing this for me, I'm doing this for the community."