With SNAP benefits being cut off in the States I thought I would ask the community what y’all are doing to help. If you aren’t already fighting to feed yourself.
I’ve been actively participating the the local mutual aid society for years, including a network of love fridges.
Fun fact: there is a $ 50Bn contingency fund for SNAP benefits and Trump refuses to use it.
I just donated to my local soup kitchen. They do lunch every day and dinner a few time a week. I can’t believe we’re really letting snap benefits run out. Just fucking embarrassing
Several of my friends and family are active supporters of Philabundance and the Food Bank of South Jersey.
When I was younger, my parents would take me with them to a soup kitchen especially around Thanksgiving. My mom and grandmom are great cooks so they were in the kitchen helping, my dad and I are the clean-up crew and grandpa walked around like he owned the place, lol. This went on for years until my grandparents started having trouble walking.
Last week, our elders called in a family meeting. We are making Halloween care packages for some people we know that are in need, filled with non-perishable goods (mac & cheese, soup, tuna, tapioca, crackers, beans, spam, corned beef, etc.).
The kids’ trick-or-treat bags are the full-size Halloween themed grocery bags filled with pudding, mac & cheese cups, ramen cups, soup cups, chicken (flat pack not can), PB & Cheese crackers and some candy, too.
We usually do this after Halloween (for Thanksgiving and Christmas) and the Goddess of the Canned (me) would help collect and deliver.
Anyway, thank you for creating this post, OP. It will help highlight and spread the
wordfact about food insecurity. There are a lot of people out there thinking about whether to buy their medicine or buy food.So, if anyone wants to help, there are plenty of places in your area. Monetary donations are also welcome.
Eat the rich. The red ones
Asked my office to make a joint donation to the local food pantry. They have a really nice store where people can shop for preferred items instead of getting a pre-selected box.
Ask your company if they can do matching funds for your donation.
It’s a school district. They constantly spend money on ridiculous shit but when i asked for $10 to buy a urinal bottle for a kid with MD they told me budget was closed for 3 weeks. Ok, great, I’ll tell my student to hold it. Assholes!!! Few years ago they took away petty cash/reimbursement when we buy things for work.
Do you have something like this? https://www.ozharvest.org/
We collect good quality surplus food from a network of donors including supermarkets, cafes, delis, hotels, airlines and restaurants, then deliver direct and free of charge to charities nationally.
Search for food banks in your area
