NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — For nearly two decades, God's Chuckwagon has been serving food out of a bus throughout central Pennsylvania. Pastors James and Janet Bowers of Northumberland run the mobile soup kitchen.
Recently, members of the group Leadership Susquehanna Valley were looking for a nonprofit to help with a service project. Kendrah Beiler saw a story about God's Chuckwagon on Newswatch 16.
"The next day, we had our meeting, and we were trying to determine what nonprofit group to help out, and we decided based upon the news article we saw that we would give God's Chuckwagon a try," Beiler said.
God's Chuckwagon serves hundreds of people each week. But until Leadership Susquehanna Valley stepped in, the mobile soup kitchen did not have a website or an easy way for people to donate. That recently changed.
"We reached out to the Sun Area Technical Institute, and the collision repair class helped us out. There were some much-needed repairs, some windows that were leaking. They repaired those and took all the old decals off the bus."
The new look was unveiled at a ribbon cutting at Shikellamy State Park.
"It's a great new look for us," said Pastor James Bowers. "We're very proud of it, and we're happy. We're starting off new—new look, everything, so it's great."
Bowers says the repairs will allow God's Chuckwagon to help even more people.
'It's a very big deal. We're very happy. It's so joyous to see it come to fruition."