'Souper Sunday:' This 6,000-Person Facebook Group Gives Away Free, Homemade Soup To Anyone In Need

'Souper Sunday:' This 6,000-Person Facebook Group Gives Away Free, Homemade Soup To Anyone In Need

'Souper Sunday:' This 6,000-Person Facebook Group Gives Away Free, Homemade Soup To Anyone In Need In the winter of 2023, Chris Hyde of Olympia, Washington, said he felt “borderline depressed.” He had recently retired, felt isolated at home, and the dark Pacific Northwest days didn’t help. So, he started cooking soup. “I really had what felt like an epiphany to me,” he told KOMO News last year. “It was this kind of full-body tingling feeling with the idea … it was almost otherworldly.” The idea?  “Giving soup away for free to your community is going to really do something,” he said. Chris Hyde. Photo courtesy of Souper Sunday So, he started a nonprofit: Souper Sunday.  It works like this: Members of a Souper Sunday Facebook group (currently consisting of 5,900 people) post that a meal is available and what the request window is. People respond to the post with their request, essentially calling dibs on a serving of soup.  Once a recipient is confirmed, they coordinate with the soup mak…