According to Feeding America, more than 72 percent of the food banks surveyed at the end of 2008 were unable to adequately meet the demands of the hungry without limiting their operations or reducing the amount of food offered. Here's how you can help:
Write a check. Make a contribution to your local food bank, Feeding America, or another organization that fights hunger.
Volunteer. See the face of hunger for yourself. Most pantries have several tasks available, such as shopping, stocking shelves, sorting donations, or assisting clients.
Donate food you would cook for your own family. Think healthy and simple. Avoid large, price club-sized cans or bags (most organizations can't split these into smaller portions). Reject the impulse to clean out your pantry.
Let your local and state politicians know you care about hunger, and vote accordingly. For updates on political issues affecting hunger, visit FeedingAmerica.org and click the "Advocate" tab.
Host a neighborhood, school, church, or youth-group food drive. Ask your local food pantry what types of food are needed. Include that information when you solicit donations.
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I love this article! :-) Brilliant! More people need to be aware of the faces of poverty. Too often we tend to write off the poor or needy and think if only they would stop doing drugs, etc... BUT that's so untrue. There are so many good and decent people struggling to make ends meet, they just need a little help to make it through. No one should be ashamed of needing a little help, if they are really working hard. And these days it's tougher than it has been in a long time. Let's remember that when we see a person in need that we're looking at the face of Jesus, we must help in anyway we can. And we must love these people, just like Jesus does. ... Remember, that could be you!
Rose
Posted: April 29, 2009 2:24 PM
I eat at food kitchens and the food is almost always very good and deeply appreciated. I as a single self-employed working woman and could not afford to eat on Sunday the way I do at the church food kitchen. I see volunteers young and old. I have been a volunteer in my life. I am a 57 year old woman. I volunteered for years for the Special Olympics and nursing homes. Never would I do it again. The Sunday volunteers have my appreciation. Volunteerism is your own money and quite often being taken advantage of. How does that happen? A victum of good intentions.
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