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Many people today suffer due to lack of basic essentials such as food, shelter, and financial unstability. It's critical that these people seek help. There is some assistance given towards people who seem to fall into this category. When me and a few members from class visited the Salvation Army I felt a desire to not only assist in food service, but to seek  other programs of assistance for the less fortunate. The Salvation Army along with churches, and non-profit organizations tend to be of much assistance towards less fortunate individuals.
 



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 The Salvation army as everyone knows participate in a lot of positive programs for less fortunate people such as, toys for tots, clothes and shoe donations, food assistance programs, and programs for youths and many more.  The Salvation Army has been around since the 1865 and today is geographically worldwide.

Similarily, All Saints which is a church located in Pontiac along with various other churches are known for charitable works. I remember being a kid helping in the kitchen  of All Saints on holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving seeing various people taking advantage of the food give-aways. I enjoyed to see the joy in their eyes and hope in there hearts for better days. Anything charitable related I enjoy doing just because it's the right thing to do.









Soup Kitchens are very popular  for assistannce towards hunger for needed families. Soup kitchens could be found more commonly in areas of poverty. The mojority of food kitchens tend to be free, or sometimes extremely lost costs of food. Benjamin Thompson is said to be the inventor of Soup Kitchens. Soup Kitchens have been in affect as late as of the late 1800s

A soup kitchen in Montreal, Canada in 1931




Volunteer Organizations could be any group that freely works towards a simple good cause. The causes vary, but a popular cause is of course food distribution towards needed families. I vividly remember my parents and members of our church who would make extra food boxes and give them to random people of need. It kind of worked as if it was a small organization due to the many others who found out and assisted with going over board and doing more for the needed. My parents along with other group members for years assisted in this form of a volunteer organization.