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Friday, October 30, 2009
Redesign show’s crew giving soup kitchen major overhaul as part of Rachael Ray visit
Now this is the sort of thing that can happen when celebrities get together for the greater good..
Sugartree Ministry Center received a special visitor this week, director Allen Willoughby said Friday, Oct. 30.
After receiving a surprise phone call from TV talk show host Rachael Ray Monday, Oct. 26, Willoughby discovered Carter Oosterhouse of HGTV’s “Carter Can” home remodel show in the soup kitchen.
He was floored seeing Oosterhouse and even more shocked to learn Oosterhouse was there to give the kitchen that feeds 200 to 250 needy people a day an extreme makeover.
“It’s just amazing. It’s a real answer to a pray. We live by faith. What we have is what we use. This will make it more effective,” Willoughby said. “It’s just been wonderful.”
Willoughby said he can’t wait to see the outcome.
“They are totally, totally remodeling it,” he said.
The remodeled kitchen will be unveiled next weekend when Ray visits Wilmington Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 8., to tape her show and host a free Thanksgiving meal for needy residents.
The show will air Nov. 25.
Ray is inviting Wilmington residents who have faced economic hardship to the free Thanksgiving dinner Sunday at the Roberts Convention Centre.
Wilmington residents were rocked when DHL, that community’s major employer, announced last year that it was leaving.
The soup kitchen, an effort by 31 regional churches, has double the number of people it serves since last year, Willoughby said.
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Cincinnati native and former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey will make the trip as will Oosterhouse and Kahi Lee of HGTV’s “Design on a Dime.”
This isn’t the first time the plight of Wilmington workers has gained the attention of a national celebrity.
Comedian Jay Leno in May preformed two free shows there as part of Jay’s Comedy Stimulus Plan.
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Ray’s show has ties to the Miami Valley. Wayne High School grad Kim White is a makeup artist on the show.
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