(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“We cannot say enough good about the people in Beaver County. You guys are incredible, and thank you so much for supporting us…because you do it with style.”

Karey McIntyre, who is a co-founder of Twelve Loaves Soup Kitchen in New Brighton, spoke those words in regard to the overwhelming gratitude that has made the operation so successful in its first two-plus years of existence. McIntyre joined Matt Drzik on the March 10 edition of A.M. Beaver County to talk about the venture that started back in December of 2019.

“It sounds kind of strange, but it was God,” McIntyre said in regards to the origin of Twelve Loaves. “My boss, Dr. [Jason] Rodriguez, was working up in Chippewa, and was told that he needed to come down to New Brighton and set up a soup kitchen.” He reached out to McIntyre, who at the time was running the New Brighton Soup Kitchen, and since then the whole crew at Twelve Loaves have overcome the wrought of the coronavirus pandemic to thrive in helping the needy citizens of Beaver County.

McIntyre also mentioned that Twelve Loaves also accepts and donates clothing to those who are in need, on top of the many meals they serve a day. Their location is at 1031 Second Avenue in New Brighton, and can be contacted for donations at (724) 561-6491, and for volunteer opportunities at (724) 678-1287.

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