Sharon Hapton

SHARON HAPTON is the Founder and CEO of Soup Sisters, and a mother of two who lives in Calgary with her husband of 35 years. On a milestone birthday in 2009, Sharon was inspired to launch Soup Sisters. She has been recognized for her work regionally and nationally, selected as one of Chatelaine’s and CityTV’s Women of the Year, and as a Woman of Vision by Global Television, and was recently given the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada. SOUP SISTERS is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comfort to women, children and youth in crisis through the making, sharing and donating of soup. Soup Sisters has grown to over 20 cities across Canada and the US, and has donated nearly 1 million servings of soup to date. Their Summer Stock and Souper Kids programs, where children make soup for local youth shelters, began in 2013 and 2015, respectively.