Soup Lunch Benefit at the Massillon Museum

Soup Lunch Benefit at the Massillon Museum

The Massillon Museum’s fifth annual “Soup Up Your Support” lunch will be held on Wednesday, March 11. The soup lunch will be served from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the Museum lobby and the Chit Chat Coffee Shop at the Massillon Museum. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Museum.

Pottery soup bowls—handcrafted and donated by volunteers and off-duty staff members—will be displayed in the lobby of the Museum beginning on March 4. Museum friends are invited to choose a bowl and purchase it for a minimum donation of $15. Payment secures a reservation for the lunch.

Supporters may phone in “soup” reservations with Visa or Mastercard (330-833-4061), or they may make their reservations in person with cash, check, or credit card, which will provide the opportunity to select bowls in advance. Advance purchases will be tagged and displayed in the lobby until March 11 to show each contributor’s support of the Museum.

Bowls may be selected during all Museum hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

On the day of the lunch, each bowl will be filled once—at no charge—with soup from the Chit Chat Coffee Shop, which is now located in the Museum lobby. The lunch will include bread, dessert, and iced tea or lemonade.

Those who have created the bowls are: Jill Malusky Bacon, Libby Bracy, Christopher Craft, Flora Csejtey, Sylvia DeMarco, Keith George, Jacqueline Holmes, Angela Klusty, Judith Lancaster, Brittany Mazur, Clarice Nelson, Alexandra Nicholis, Judy Paquelet, Scot Phillips, Gloria Pope, Holly Reiber, Amanda Roberts, Bob Sanderson, Missy Schreckengost, Christine Shearer, Sandi Thouvenin, and Jessica Yoder.

The Kent Area Chapter of Links, Inc. offered special support and Aqua Ohio sponsored the clay and glazes.

“The soup lunch is one of the many ways that Museum supporters can contribute and be a part of the Massillon Museum,” Shearer says. “Most of all, we want people to participate here at the Museum, to know that this is their Museum.” This is a fun event to attend, she said. “The lobby is filled with people enjoying great soup, lively conversation, and original art. It’s casual. Some people eat and leave; others stay to see who’s coming next.”

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way, East, in downtown Massillon. Call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for details.

Media Contacts:

Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director - 330-833-4061

Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations - 330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525