Larry Thomas’s soup ladle returns to Vancouver’s Greens & Beans Deli, fueling a surreal Lapu Lapu fundraiser as the Seinfeld star marks 20 years of quirky charity. The event, triggered by an email from Leona Green and a tragic festival attack, swaps sitcom nostalgia for real relief—“Oh my god, that’s perfect!” he quips.

Thomas, who famously played the Soup Nazi, reunites with the New Westminster deli crew for another round of oddball disaster relief. This time, the emotional stakes soar, as he notes, “It wasn’t nature that did this.” The deli’s fandom-meets-aid mashup turns tragedy into soup-powered hope.

Thomas’s iconic ladle has appeared in fundraisers for tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, wildfires—and now, a festival attack, spanning two decades of charity.