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Pay It Forward

Donation Helps Soup Kitchen Continue Feeding the Hungry

Michelle Enge used her Pay It Forward funds to buy a new refrigerator for St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen in Albany, Ore.

Bell Employee

Michelle Enge

Phoenix, Ariz.

Recipient

St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen, Albany, Ore.


The Need

St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen in Albany, Ore., feeds people three days a week and relies on volunteers and donations to make those meals happen. The parish started its soup kitchen in the early 1980s and needed a new refrigerator.

The Impact

Michelle Enge is a loan coordinator in Bell’s Phoenix, Ariz., location. Her dad volunteers for the soup kitchen three days a week from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., so when he told her about the need, she decided to use her Pay It Forward funds to help.

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