October 24, 2019 SOUP Dinner

Congratulations to South Knoxville Elementary School who won the people's vote for our October 2019 SOUP dinner for their Scientists on the Playground project. They walked away with $828.25!

This was our last SOUP dinner for 2019. Check back for date and location for our 2020 dinners!

Read more about this project and learn about other proposals presented

Thanks to our October 24th SOUP Sponsors and Volunteers

A huge THANKS to all our sponsors and those who contributed to help make our SOUP dinners a success. We especially appreciate the Shriners at the Kerbela Temple for use of the space.

Please help us thank our supporters with YOUR support of their business!

A special thanks and call-out to Borderland Tees who stores our supplies and picks up/delivers them for each dinner! Borderland Tees continues to do great work for our community!

Raffle Items

  • Alan Williams
  • Allen Sign Company
  • Amelia Parker,
    candidate for City Council
  • Amy Midis,
    candidate for City Council
  • Bobbye Edwards,
    resident artist at Tea & Treasures
  • Borderland Tees
  • Commissioner Carson & Tammy Dailey
  • David Hayes,
    candidate for City Council
  • Eddie Mannis,
    candidate for Knoxville Mayor
  • G&D Deli
  • H&R Block
  • Indya Kincannon,
    candidate for Knoxville Mayor
  • IT'S A R-R-RUFF LIFE Grooming & Boarding
  • Janet Testerman,
    candidate for City Council
  • Joe Karl,
    publisher of The Herald newspaper
  • Loveday's Garden Center
  • Lynne Fugate,
    candidate for City Council
  • Marble Springs State Historic Site
  • Mike & Jan Brown
  • Smoky Mountain Wine & Spirits
  • SoKno Market
  • SoKno Taco
  • South Coast Pizza
  • Southern Breeze Heating & Cooling
  • Stanley's Greenhouse Tea & Treasures
  • Tennessee State Bank
  • The Eye Group
  • The Mattress Place

Food

    • Beardsley Farm
    • Betsy Pickle
    • Carson Dailey
    • Dott Baker Agency
    • Gondolier Pizza
    • Jill Sublett
    • Kara Strouse
    • Ramsey Catering
    • Round Up Restaurant
    • SoKno Taco
    • Ye Old Steak House
    • Wee Care Shoppe

Volunteers

    • Adam Fritts
    • Ariel Allen
    • Betsy Pickle
    • Bob Riehl
    • Carson Dailey
    • Chris Cook
    • Danny Gray
    • Debbie Helsley
    • Deborah Belford
    • Eric Johnson
    • Gayla Guinard
    • Gayle Atherton
    • Jackie Eul
    • Janice Tocher
    • Jill Sublett
    • Joe Touchton
    • Kara Strouse
    • Kim Lambros
    • Lisa Fall
    • Mary Caughorn
    • Mary Touchton
    • Nancy Campbell
    • Steven Horton
    • Valarie Johnson
    • Students enrolled in Dr. Lisa Fall's Team Practicum class at Pellissippi State Community College Management Program.

About Knoxville SOUP

Check back for date and location for our 2020 SOUP dinners.

Do you have a project that needs funding? Submit a proposal!

Do you want to support this project with your time? We need volunteers! Sign Up.

SOUP is a community dinner that is part pot luck and part planned. It is an opportunity for the community to gather, share and connect. It is an opportunity to support projects that, in some manner, benefit the community as a whole. It’s where Democracy meets Charity.

SOUP has been described as:

  • a collaborative situation
  • a public dinner
  • a platform for connection
  • a relational hub bringing together communities
  • a forum for discussion
  • an opportunity to support creative people in pursuit of the betterment of their community

Get inspired! Watch a 2 minute video of a SOUP dinner in progress.


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How it works: We will open the doors at 6:00 pm, collecting a $5.00 donation from attendees. At 6:30, 4 preselected individuals or groups will present an idea or project they would like to carry out. Each presenter (or group) has 4 minutes to inform, impassion and inspire the audience. They then have 4 minutes to answer questions from the audience. Dinner is then served while attendees digest, discuss and deliberate over the projects presented. They then cast a ballot for the project they would like most to fund.

When the evening nears a close, the ballots are counted and the group that has the most votes takes home the money from the door to help fund their project. Democracy meets Charity…

Proposals can be for anything that will benefit the community or society in general. Past winning projects have improved greenways and nature trails, provided exercise equipment for seniors, funded back to school drives, supported other charitable endeavors and even launched a small business with a social focus. There are no hard and fast rules to what a proposal should be, only that someone envisions it, asks for it and the diners vote for it.

Winners are asked to return to a subsequent dinner and share with us the success of their project. Dinners will also feature an artist each month.

Doors open at 6 p.m. with proposals presented at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner. Diners will have about an hour to eat, share and connect with others while voting for the project they like best. By about 8:15, the votes will be tallied and the winning project will be awarded all donations raised at the door. NOTE: a suggested donation of $5 will be collected at the door. All money raised at the door goes to the winning proposal.

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