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'''Loaves & Fishes''' is a non-profit Christian charity which operates a [[Wikipedia:Soup kitchen|soup kitchen]] and shelter for the homeless. It also operates a [[Wikipedia:Charity shop|thrift store]] whose proceeds go toward their charity work.

==Soup kitchen==
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According to its web site, Loaves & Fishes serves approximately 4,600 meals each month. For members of the homeless community at large, the kitchen serves breakfast daily, lunch on Saturdays, and dinner on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Lunch and dinner are served daily to those in the Loaves and Fishes emergency shelter.<ref name="LF">[http://www.loavesandfishessoupkitchen.com/living_well.html Loaves & Fishes web site]</ref>

What is now the Loaves & Fishes soup kitchen began in February [[1983]], when [[Richard Humphreys]], owner of the [[Child Restaurant]], began serving free suppers to the homeless.<ref>[http://www.rosiquefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I4896&tree=001 Rosique family genealogy page]</ref>

In [[1991]], the Loaves & Fishes soup kitchen moved into its present location at 257 East [[Lee Street]]. The facility has a large kitchen, dining area, and 39 beds for emergency housing for homeless families.<ref name="WW">[http://www.wwinpensacola.com/Stories.html Who's Who in Pensacola]</ref>

Richard Humphreys remains the executive director of Loaves & Fishes and estimated in [[2008]] that the charity had served more than two million meals to the homeless.<ref name="WW" />

==Thrift store==
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Loaves & Fishes operates a thrift store whose proceeds go toward their charity work.

==Other operations==
In addition to the housing provided at its main facility, Loaves & Fishes also provides transitional housing for families in the process of returning to self-sufficiency.<ref name="WW" />

Loaves & Fishes also operates the Living Well Center, a Christian outreach and education program. The center provides Bible-based parenting and life skills training to families in the emergency shelter, those in the transitional housing program, and female inmates in the [[Escambia County Jail]].<ref name="WW" /><ref name="LF" />

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