They created a nonprofit, in February 1990, a small group of Onslow County citizens created Onslow Community Ministries, borrowed a small kitchen from the Catholic Church, put a pot of soup on the stove, readied bowls and spoons and stood ready to serve the hungry in Onslow County. The hungry came; people who had lived on the street, people who went without an adequate meal and people who suddenly found themselves in need of help. All were welcomed without question in the spirit of helping others as an unspoken but powerful testament of the faith of those who had formed the Soup Kitchen.