The Taradale family have been helping feed the homeless by running a mobile soup kitchen in Clive Square in Napier. Serving hearty winter-warming food to those living rough. Mrs Swannell grew up working in the hospitality industry and with her husband, Kevin, opened their "soup truck" following a chance meeting one Sunday evening. "We saw this homeless guy across a car park and we wondered who he was because we had never seen any homeless people in Taradale before," she said. "That night we spent until about 12.30am just talking to him. We made him a cup of tea, cooked some noodles to eat and gave him a blanket." Mrs Swannell said she wanted to get her family involved in the community and running a soup kitchen was a natural way to help people where they need it most.
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