Soup kitchens began around 1929 when the depression started. The need worsened when the depression got worse in 1932 because many people didn't have jobs. Soup kitchens started out being ran by churches, or private charities. Some soup kitchens served up to 1,500- 3,000 people a day. The group, Volunteers of America were important in setting up soup kitchens all over America. By the mid-1930's, federal and state governments also were operating them. Soup kitchens served a lo of bread, and soup. They used soup because you could add water to the soup to serve more people. Al Capone actually established the first soup kitchen. He started it because he wanted to clean up his shady image. The soup kitchen he started served three meals a day to feed everyone that had lost a job. Every city and town had a soup kitchen. If someone happened to be hungry out in the country, he or she would have to travel to a nearby town to get food. Soup kitchens were ran outside, in churches, cafeterias, or service centers.
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