I volunteer at the soup kitchen on Saturdays, do you ?
I've never volunteered at a soup kitchen, but I have at similar hunger relief locations like a meal center
Oh ok how does a meal center work?
The location I volunteered at would provide those with low income a free set of food staples from their food bank
Ok at the soup kitchen we provide a hot meal that they eat on site, usually soup because it is low cost
Many historical and typical modern soup kitchens serve only soup (hence its name), usually with some bread. But several establishments which refer to themselves as a "soup kitchen" also serve other types of food, so social scientists sometimes discuss them together with similar hunger relief agencies that provide more varied hot meals, like food kitchens and meal centers.
While societies have been using various methods to share food with the hungry for millennia, the first soup kitchens in the modern sense may have emerged in the late 18th century
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A soup kitchen, meal center, or food kitchen is a place where food is offered to the hungry for free or at a below market price. Frequently located in lower-income neighborhoods, they are often staffed by volunteer organizations, such as church or community groups. Soup kitchens sometimes obtain food from a food bank for free or at a low price, because they are considered a charity, which makes it easier for them to feed the many people who require