Each Wedenesday at City Year's Headquarters of Idealism, everyone in the building is invited to a "Stone Soup Sweet Wednesday" (SSSW) breakfast. City Year corps and staff members from every floor mingle, eat light breakfast foods, and drink coffee.
The name "Stone Soup" is an allusion to one of City Year's founding stories. The Stone Soup story begins with a traveler, who is tired and weary from a long journey and happens upon a village. After asking several villagers for food and being denied, the traveler starts boiling a pot of water, put a stone in it, and passerbys become interested in the "stone soup." Members of the village begin contributing different ingredients to the soup, and soon there is a feast for a whole village. The story is a great reminder of how powerful it can be to engage and organize resources for everyone to share.
The Stone Soup tradition at HQ was founded in the fall of 2004 by Charlie Rose, Sean McDevitt and a few other dedicated bakers, and was inspired by staff member Philippe Taieb. It is a great community building initiative and a fun way to make connections across departments and teams. Throughout the year, different departments at HQ volunteer to host a SSSW, creating a theme and bringing in food and decorations.
This past Wednesday, April 6th, Care Force sponsored SSSW. We transformed the third floor into Care Force Studios and held live screenings of "Minute to Win It" and "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." Our very own Program Manager, Ken Wakwe, acted as our host, Guy Fieri. Visitors enjoyed omelets, home fries, corned beef hash, pastries, and fruit kabobs and also took part in sixty-second challenges. It was a great time for everyone involved!
Check out the video below for the live footage of the event!
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