Our mission is to establish a soup kitchen that: provides warm, nourishing meals to people in need; strengthens our Providence community by encouraging members of different groups to work together to fill a need; secures funding and a broad volunteer commitment to assure sustainability over the long-term.

Description:
Judy's Kindness Kitchen is a weekly soup kitchen run completely by volunteers. Lunches are prepared each Sunday morning at Congregation Beth Sholom and served at Crossroads RI. Volunteers can help prepare the food at Congregation Beth Sholom from 8:30-10:30 am, and/or help serve at Crossroads RI from 10:20-11:45 We welcome volunteers of all backgrounds, religions and ages. Children ages 8-15 are welcome to help prepare sandwiches with their parents and those 16 years old and older can work alongside adults to serve meals at Crossroads RI.

History:
Located at Congregation Beth Sholom, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, Judy's Kindness Kitchen was started by concerned volunteers who recognized that very few soup kitchens served meals on Sunday. The soup kitchen, which opened Thanksgiving weekend 2004, made the move to serving Sunday lunch at Crossroads RI about a year later, to better serve the large number of homeless people and needy families at Crossroads with nowhere to eat on Sundays.

Contact person: David Mandelbaum, Volunteer Coordinator, (email)

Address:

275 Camp St. Providence, RI 02906 (See a map)

Directions:

From Rte. 95, take the Branch Avenue exit, go left off the ramp toward N. Main Street. Go left on N. Main Street. Go right onto Rochambeau. Follow Rochambeau up the hill--Congregation Beth Sholom is on the left at the. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: N Main St, 10 minute walk minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Handicap accessible?
	No
Interests Served:
	Helping People in Crisis
Does your agency accept court-appointed volunteers?
	No
What type of organization
	Faith based organization