Soup'r Sundae Event for Grassroots is March 15 at Wilde Lake High

The Faith Community Partnership of Bethany United Methodist Church and Glen Mar United Methodist Church and Wilde Lake High School are hosting the 12th annual Soup‘r Sundae, a family event featuring soups prepared by area restaurants, as a fundraiser for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center on Sunday, March 15, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at Wilde Lake High School, 5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia, MD 21044.

Presenting Sponsors include The Horizon Foundation, Howard County Community Crab Feast, Howard County General Hospital: A member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, The Howard Hughes Corporation, and M&T Bank.

There will be a silent auction featuring theme baskets, specialty items and gift certificates to area businesses. Music and entertainment for children is included.

Admission is $20 per adult and $5 per child under 12 and includes unlimited soup and bread and ice cream. Over 600 people attended last year’s event, including 80 volunteers from Howard County high schools.

Tickets are at http://souprsundae.eventbrite..... Tickets will also be available at the door.

ABOUT GRASSROOTS

Grassroots, a nonprofit organization celebrating 50 years of service to Howard County, provides 24-hour crisis intervention, suicide prevention, opioid stabilization, and support to individuals and families with a mental health, substance use or homelessness crisis.

Last year Grassroots’ emergency and winter sheltering programs helped 500 men, women and children to achieve stable housing. Another 1,149 people were served at the Day Resource Center, where the chronically homeless have the opportunity to pursue a new path in life. In addition, Grassroots’ crisis counselors had 3,348 face-to-face contacts last year, received 36,899 calls on the Hotline, and went out on 845 Mobile Crisis Team community emergencies, such as traumatic death events, intense family conflict, psychiatric emergencies and risk of suicide. Through the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral To Treatment (SBIRT) practice to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use, abuse, and dependence on alcohol and illicit drugs, 1,511 people were screened for substance use, 156 received intervention or were referred to treatment, and 267 were connected to follow-up treatment by Grassroots.

Grassroots is located on Freetown Road in Columbia. For information, call 410-531-6006, or visit www.grassrootscrisis.org.