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Celeste Marguerite Louise Revillon Winans (1823 – March 19, 1861) was an American philanthropist from Maryland. Winans opened the first known soup kitchen for the needy in the United States in 1854, operating it until her death in 1861.
A soup kitchen, food kitchen, or meal center is a place where food is offered to hungry and homeless people, usually for no cost, or sometimes at a below-market price (such as coin donations). Frequently located in lower-income neighborhoods, soup kitchens are often staffed by volunteer organizations, such as church or community groups.
Gaza Soup Kitchen is a grassroots organization that was established in Beit Lahia, Gaza, to provide food for Palestinians at risk of famine during the Gaza war. [1] [2] Founded in early 2024 by brothers Hani and Mahmoud Almadhoun, Mahmoud coordinated activities on the ground while Hani supported the organization from the United States through online fundraising.
Now, the Almadhoun family is expanding its efforts for a second soup kitchen in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city. More than 1.4 million people are estimated to be sheltering there, as Israel says ...
As Israel’s attacks intensified, the soup kitchen’s operations became increasingly precarious, Hani recalled. In the days preceding his death, Mahmoud delivered meals for as many as 200 to 250 ...
Founded in 1992 and located inside the Provincetown United Methodist Church, the soup kitchen is open every weekday from November to April.
The Original Soupman was a chain of soup restaurants originally run by Iranian-American soup vendor Ali "Al" Yeganeh (Persian: علي یگانه), modeled after Yeganeh's original restaurant Soup Kitchen International, which was a well-known soup restaurant at 259-A West 55th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue), in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Chains of volunteers spoon rice and vegetables into meal containers while others stir huge pots of boiling rice, as a soup kitchen in Beirut struggles to keep up with demand from displaced people ...