soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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Warming centers provide cots in a communal setting, often in church halls, community rooms or soup kitchens, according to Fox.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, video captured by NBC News' crew on the ground showed families across a tent encampment in Khan Younis trying to shovel and sweep dirty rainwater from their tents, while others gathered around a soup kitchen in the rain, holding out pots and pans and crying out for warm food.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
In the initial studies, participants rated the kindness and physical beauty of targets who were described either as volunteering for charitable causes (such as volunteering at soup kitchens, or packaging food for the needy) or as neutral.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says
But humanitarian agencies have warned that barely a trickle of aid has entered neighborhoods and hospitals in northern Gaza.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, video captured by NBC News' crew on the ground showed families across a tent encampment in Khan Younis trying to shovel and sweep dirty rainwater from their tents, while others gathered around a soup kitchen in the rain, holding out pots and pans and crying out for warm food.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
In the initial studies, participants rated the kindness and physical beauty of targets who were described either as volunteering for charitable causes (such as volunteering at soup kitchens, or packaging food for the needy) or as neutral.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says
But humanitarian agencies have warned that barely a trickle of aid has entered neighborhoods and hospitals in northern Gaza.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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