Judy’s Kindness Kitchen is a soup kitchen preparing meals for distribution at Crossroads Rhode Island, in downtown Providence. Judy’s Kindness Kitchen is a Sunday soup kitchen that was established in November 2004. Food is prepared at The Jewish Community Center at 401 Elmgrove Avenue on the East Side of Providence and is served at Crossroads Rhode Island in downtown Providence. Since November 2013, in addition to serving food at Crossroads, we have also been delivering food to the Emanuel House Homeless Shelter in Providence. We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization and we’d love to have you join us! According to Jewish tradition, “Ohel Avraham” (the tent of the patriarch Abraham) had four entrances, each facing one of the four directions, so that those in need would behold the promise of relief from every side. Judy’s Kindness Kitchen seeks to emulate the example of Abraham by providing meals to our neighbors in need. Our goal is to run a soup kitchen that: • provides warm, nourishing meals in a locale that is convenient to those in need
• strengthens our Providence community by encouraging members of different groups to work together
• secures funding and a broad volunteer commitment to assure sustainability over the long-term.