In the News ... "Breaking Bread on track to raise funds for expansion"

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• Plans to expand its facilities, serve nearly twice as many client

By Steve Kuhlman, Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - While the price of oil may be casting a shadow of uncertainty on the coming months, Midland’s Breaking Bread Soup Kitchen is proving the community still remains just as dedicated to looking after its own.

Armed with a $100,000 matching grant from the Permian Basin Area Foundation and two years to raise their half of the money, the nonprofit’s staff set out to begin their fundraising campaign on New Year’s Day. After less than two weeks, Executive Director Trisha Weatherford said the soup kitchen already had amassed more than $60,000 in donations.

“They gave us two years and in 13 days we’re already getting close, so we’re really excited about that,” Weatherford said. “That’s huge ...”

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