The Food Situation Is Really Screwed Up
I wasn’t going to write about this, but oh well.
I just went to the local food pantry. Because that’s where we are right now. We don’t have any money left for food this week.
This one is at least open on Saturdays. Many aren’t. I don’t know how that’s supposed to work for people who actually work.
Both my husband and I work. We used to qualify for food stamps. Now that he works, we don’t. Between that and child care, I’m not sure we’re coming out ahead at all.
But it turns out that the food pantry will only take 10 new people each day that they’re open. And I didn’t make the cut.
So, no food for me. All they could offer me was “come back on Thursday.” Yeah, that’s not going to happen, and that’s also several days away. They didn’t even suggest another place to try.
Oh, we’ll ask family for help. I didn’t want to do that. I’m not sure why; I guess families are supposed to help each other. But I hate it anyway.
I just thought people should know how it is. Maybe it’s not the same everywhere. But apparently, even getting “emergency food” is difficult. And I’m sure we’re not the only ones.
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January 12th, 2009
No, this is the way it is for many, and how it will be for many more, I’m afraid. Thanks for bravely putting yourself out there, once again, Kathleen.
Do you belong to any kind of ‘church’ group? Or, any kind of non-religious group, say, like a knitting circle – something along those lines? I know there are people who throw out perfectly good food, and there are folks not-so-far-away who could really use it. It sounds like this is a good time for community to come together around food – but how?