Dick Willette, left, is thanked on Wednesday by guest David Quirion Sr. for his decades of service. Willette is stepping down at the end of the year as the volunteer director of the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen in Waterville.

Connie Wood speaks on Wednesday about the need and success of the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen in Waterville.

Students from Mount Merici Academy volunteer to serve lunch Wednesday to those attending the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen in Waterville. From left are Madison Brown, Alayna Morneault and Emma Lavenson.

As he has for decades, Dick Willette leads a lunchtime gathering of people in prayer Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen in Waterville. Willette is stepping down as the volunteer soup kitchen director at the end of the year.