ABOUT SOUP

SOUP is:

  • a collaborative celebration

  • a public dinner

  • a platform for connection

  • an opportunity to support creative people in La Crosse
     

SOUP is a microgranting dinner celebrating and supporting creative projects in La Crosse. For a donation $5 attendees receive soup, bread and a vote.

 

How does it work? 

  • Each presenter has four minutes to share their idea

  • Four questions from the audience

  • Vote

  • The winner goes home with all of the money raised to carry out their project. 

Our Mission:

La Crosse SOUP’s mission is to promote community-based development through crowdfunding, creativity, collaboration, trust and fun.

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Our Values:

We value community, creativity, collaboration, change, trust and fun.

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What We Want to Do:

  • Empower residents

  • Help establish new relationships and networks

  • Promote action, change, risk-taking, leadership, equality and imagination

  • Foster critical dialogue

  • Instill pride in La Crosse