Heaven's Helpers In Bismarck, North Dakota

A reader alerted me to a story out of Bismarck earlier today that happened to mention the Heaven's Helpers Soup Cafe in west Bismarck. Curious to learn more about Heaven's Helpers Soup Cafe, I caught up with this article, reported by The Bismarck Tribune last year:

Heaven’s Helpers Soup Cafe opened in a converted gas station in March 2009. The meals are free and the servers don’t expect tips. The only rule is that nobody wastes anything.

No questions are asked and the customers are not rushed out after they finish their meals. Coffee and free desserts —including a table of take-home caramel rolls and bread loaves — are offered along with television and Christian music. But for the daily patrons, the socializing is the most tantalizing item on the menu.

“It’s truly a mission fueled right here in Bismarck,” said owner Mark Meier. “No one should go hungry.”

Most soup kitchens are open certain days of the week with limited hours, but Heaven’s Helpers is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

“(Heaven’s Helpers) is pretty much the only place in town that is available every day pretty much,” said Heidi Selby, vice president of the Missouri Valley Coalition for Homeless People.

This is their website. 

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