Spring Garden Soup Society

Spring Garden Soup Society Feeding the hungry in Philadelphia since 1852 "Changing times made the direct distribution of food and fuel to Philadelphia's poor a more practical solution.

[From the SGSS website]

"Acting on a determination to supply food to the needy in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia, a group of public-spirited volunteers
built and operated a soup house on Buttonwood Street from 1853 until it closed permanently in 1932. This objective drew broad financial support from individual donors as well as the city's business community. Bread, milk, and coal were

delivered regularly until 1960,
when the Society began to focus exclusively on home milk distribution. In the 1980's, again responding to practical realities in a changing world,
the Society began direct financial support of food service provided by a range of organizations serving the citizens of Philadelphia."

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Radnor, PA
19087

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