How Do You Volunteer At A Soup Kitchen?
Introduction to How to Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen Every day, millions of Americans go hungry. In fact, more than 12 million children and 22 million adults in the U.S. live in households facing food insecurity — meaning they don’t have enough money to meet basic food needs [source: bread.org and FRAC]. With the economy at its worst since the Great Depression, more and more Americans across the country are turning to local soup kitchens for daily nourishment. During the Great Depression, America saw the first of its soup kitchens. By the early 1930s, 12 million Americans were unemployed, so the need for assistance was increasing every day. This is when soup kitchens began to surfac