The Great Depression, was a time for heart ache all over the world, it was almost as if a great bomb had went off all over the world and had effected everyone in one way or another. Banks went bankrupt, business ran out, and people's homes were foreclosed. It was a hard time for everyone in the family. With everything closing down families could barely eat. There was no money to buy the food. The people were forced to depend upon others generosity, the Great Depression led to the start of soup kitchens.
The soup kitchens is where anyone in need of food can come and receive a meal for free. The name came from what was being served, soup. Soup and bread were the most economical friendly food around. With soup you can pretty much put anything in it to make soup, then water can be add to make it for father and feed more mouths. More water would have been added the more and more people who started to come. All the food would have had to be donated from different places, people of the community, stores, and major companies all had a part in help donating the food in order to food more mouths. The need for soup kitchens was very evident, especially because about twenty five percent of the of the workforce was unemployed just a few years into the depression. So with these people out of work and little to no means of making money the soup kitchen started. Others had stepped in to help others out, when they couldn't. The weird thing about it was that it was not just one group of people going out to help, but very different groups putting together the soup kitchens. source
The soup kitchens is where anyone in need of food can come and receive a meal for free. The name came from what was being served, soup. Soup and bread were the most economical friendly food around. With soup you can pretty much put anything in it to make soup, then water can be add to make it for father and feed more mouths. More water would have been added the more and more people who started to come. All the food would have had to be donated from different places, people of the community, stores, and major companies all had a part in help donating the food in order to food more mouths. The need for soup kitchens was very evident, especially because about twenty five percent of the of the workforce was unemployed just a few years into the depression. So with these people out of work and little to no means of making money the soup kitchen started. Others had stepped in to help others out, when they couldn't. The weird thing about it was that it was not just one group of people going out to help, but very different groups putting together the soup kitchens. source
The soup kitchens started to pop up all over the untied states around 1929. Most of which were located in big cities such was Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angles. Just as before a number of people really started the soup kitchens. Such as a lot of churches, non-profit organizations, the government, and even the famous gangster Al Capone. “Capone's soup kitchen was made to clean up the gangster's bad reputation, and served three meals a day to ensure that all who had lost jobs would be able to get a meal. The first soup kitchen was in Detroit, Michigan by the Capuchin Services Center and was opened on November 2, 1929, which was only a few days after the crash. The volunteers working there served somewhere from 1,500 to 3,000 people a day in the ridiculously long lines. And if anyone was out in the country they would have to go into town to get some food for themselves.” Link
Most if not all soup kitchens were ran by mostly volunteers who could come and help cook the food and also serve those who came. Even those who were there for the food would come to help serve the food to others. The was a very important part of soup kitchens are part of why they were and are so successful. With out help, the soup kitchens would have not been able to feed so many people. source 
The country being in such bad shape, the natural thing that happened to culture, together we are going to blame someone. Herbert Hoover, was the who was blamed for this crash. He had help start many major soup kitchens but still. He was the one out people blamed. Because of this soup kitchens had gotten the nickname “Hoover Cafes.” source
Soup kitchens now have turned into something a little different then it started out as in the depression. Now soup kitchens have either turned into food banks or homeless out reaches. Food is donated by grocery stores all over the nation. From there hot meals are prepared or other places the groceries to straight to those in need. Such as "Feeding the Hungry" in Hawaii, Around five hundred men and woman in need are given food for the week. Volunteers are still there to pass out the food, as they were in the depression. The number of people needing food has gone way down, yet they are still there. Without soup kitchens are country would have been and would be in a far worse place with lots of hungry people.
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