Chicken Soup for the Soul author, Jack Canfield (left), helped Kalahari Resorts president and CEO Todd Nelson (right) unveil a special "Soup for Success" tower crafted out of 17,200 cans of soup as part of the NIA Center’s grand opening. Actually, it was a soup-per-square foot promotion—the 17,200 cans of soup, represents the new facility’s ballroom square footage.

Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH is in the soup, a lot of soup, and in a variety of ways. This new resort/convention center destination recently teamed up with Chicken Soup for the Soul author, Jack Canfield, to officially open its 95,000 sq. ft. NIA Center conference/events venue. 

After sharing his recipe for success with hundreds of meeting planners and business executives, Canfield unveiled a special "Soup for Success" tower crafted out of 17,200 cans of soup (representing the new facility’s ballroom square footage).  Kalahari’s NIA Center donated the $10,000 worth of soup – along with donations made from the more than 500 grand opening event attendees – to Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio.

"This is an incredibly generous donation and one of the largest soup donations we have received to date," said Juliana Chase-Morefield, executive director for the Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio. "The pop-top ready-to-eat cans of soup will be especially useful for our back-to-school backpack program, allowing thousands of low-income children across the region to get the nourishment they need to concentrate on their studies."

Kalahari Resort-Sandusky debuted in May 2005.  In addition to offering Ohio’s largest indoor waterpark, at 80,000 sq. ft., and a newly expanded outdoor waterpark, Kalahari features Spa Kalahari, a collection of unique retail shops, an indoor miniature golf course, a $1 million children’s dry play adventure, arcade, a fully-equipped fitness center, eight dining options and more.