sometimes i volunteer at the soup kitchen.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A soup kitchen, meal center, or food kitchen is a place where food is offered to the hungry usually for free or sometimes at a below market price. Frequently located in lower-income neighborhoods, soup kitchens are often staffed by volunteer organizations, such as church or community groups. Soup kitchens sometimes obtain food from a food bank for free or at a low price, because they are considered a charity, which makes it easier for them to feed the many people who require their services. Many historical and some modern soup kitchens serve only soup (hence its name) with perhaps some bread. But several establishments which title themselves as a \"soup kitchen\" also serve other types of food, so social scientists sometimes discuss them together with similar hunger relief agencies that provide more varied hot meals, like food kitchens and meal centers. While societies have been using various methods to share food with the hungry for millennia, the first soup kitchens in the modern sense may have emerged in the late 18th century. By the late 19th century, they were to be found in several American and European cities. In the United States and elsewhere, they became more prominent in the 20th century during the Great Depression.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "my sister works at a soup kitchen. she serves poor people free food"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is great of her to do that."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "yep, they get their food from food banks and are considered to be a charity"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Does she do any other kind of charity work?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "yeah, she works for Food Banks Canada, which has over 500 food banks and was founded in 1987"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, how many meals do they serve?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "not sure, but they spearhead big events like Hunger Awareness Week and HungerCount, where I'm sure tons of food goes out!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is such a noble gesture.  Is it a non-profit?"}]