Pick Yourself a Family or Individual -

[GailL1]

Anything wrong with those more fortunate (me) making up the missing SNAP benefits for an in-need family or individual?

 I already lined up my family - (2) adults with (5) kids in an assortment of ages from 4 - 16.  Judging from my grandkids, I would imagine the older ones really eat a lot.  

I have known the kids since the oldest was born, and each one thereafter - 

So, yea - I am gonna pursue this course - 

[LisaS961881]

    Well, it’s just my opinion, but I think it’s a wonderful altruistic idea.  

    While the Food Pantry for which I volunteer still receives substantial donations from restaurants, farmers and grocery stores, the amount of donations from private individuals is way down since Covid.  Many of the corporate donors have scaled back too.  (I’m neither blaming nor criticizing - this always happens when the economy quivers.)

    Our Food Pantry provides supplemental food, pet food and hygiene items in addition to SNAP benefits.   I wish everyone reading this could see how an 83 year old woman’s eyes lit up when she saw that there were apples, oranges, ginger snaps and raisin bread in her personalized bag yesterday.  Without SNAP, we are all she has.

     Thank you Gail.

[GailL1]

If the government can do it surely many like-minded individuals can also do it - Where I live, pantries are ran by the local churches - for a (large) family such as the one I described - they could clean out a modest food pantry in a minute.  

Everything helps - I could turn these kids loose on my scuppernong vines - with a parental limit on what they can eat on premise.  

[LisaS961881]

   Yes!  Everything helps.

         I always think of that old tale “Stone Soup” - and they started with just a stone….

         Our pantries up here are run by local churches too, and every church has monthly themed food drives - Italian Festival, Breakfast of Champions, Tasty Tuna, Rice Rally, and so on.  I’m certainly not wealthy, but I sure can buy four large boxes of cereal to donate when they are the loss leader at my local grocery store.

     (Full disclosure - I had to look up “scuppernong” 🤭)

[GailL1]

That’s interesting about the themed food drives - might see if something like that is feasible here. 

Do you know what scuppernongs are?  I don’t particularly like them but some people love them.  Some make wine from them - just too much of a hassle for me to do that especially since I don’t like them.  

I will bundle up a few for the pantry - if I can fight off the birds long enough to harvest some.