A soup kitchen is a place where food is offered to the poor for free or at a reasonably low price. Frequently located in poor neighborhoods, they are often staffed by volunteers such as church groups. Soup kitchens sometimes get their food from a food bank for free or at a low price, because they are considered a charity. Poverty describes a wide range of circumstances associated with need, hardship and lack of resources. ... Look up Free in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Free is an English language adjective, verb, and adverb. ... In economics and business, the price is the assigned numerical monetary value of a good, service or asset. ... This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ... Church in Villach, Austria. ... A food bank is a place where food, typically non-perishable goods, are offered to the poor for free or at very low prices. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity, meaning selfless giving, is one conventional English translation of the Greek term agapē. // Etymology In the 1400, charity meant the state of love or simple affection which one was in or out of regarding one...

The notorious American gangster Al Capone financed a soup kitchen during the Great Depression, possibly to improve his image. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... FBI mugshot of Capone, 1931 Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), popularly known as Alfonso Scarface Capone, was an infamous Italian American gangster in the 1920s and 1930s, although his business card reportedly described him as a used furniture dealer. ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age 32, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ...

See also

• Thrift store
• Food Not Bombs
• Soup Kitchen International, a well-known soup restaurant in New York City, New York, run by Al Yeganeh