People dining at the Upper Room soup kitchen in Charlottetown were given a rare treat recently after the Delta Prince Edward donated more than 200 cooked and cracked lobsters.

One lady ... was crying when she came up to the window. - Donna Richards, Upper Room soup kitchen

Donna Richards, who works at the soup kitchen, says the hotel called offering her seven crates of lobsters.

"I was pretty happy to get them because the clients love them," she said.

Donna Richards of the Upper Room Soup Kitchen says she was pleased to give clients a rare treat. (Pat Martel/CBC) "One lady came up and said that was the first lobster she had this year, and she was crying when she came up to the window. Made me feel pretty good, because we can give them something that they never had before."

Richards says after everyone at the soup kitchen had their fill, the rest was frozen and will be used to make lobster chowder throughout the winter.

Delta chef Javier Alarco said the extra lobster came from a transportation convention last week . The group ordered 1,800 lobsters, two for each delegate, but not everyone had their two.

The hotel also donated 45 kilograms of mussels to the soup kitchen.