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Poverty — a problem in our nation and the greater world that is not going to get better any time soon. Mr C works as the volunteer coordinator for our food pantry at Trinity Cathedral. They have seen an uptick in the number of young people and women with children. It used to be homeless men. As the economy spirals down and jobs are lost, poverty will again become a huge problem for the US.
Out nation’s food banks are finding their shelves becoming empty as the need to help those facing poverty increases. If you do nothing else, I would ask that you go to this site: Feeding America and find your local food bank and make a donation of food or cash. If you belong to an organization, encourage them to collect food and money for the local food bank.
The program that I am putting my energy into is the Backpack for Kids program. On Thursday afternoons, we fill backpacks with non-perishable food. They are given to at risk kids on Friday to take home so that they have enough to eat over the week-end. They get breakfast and lunch on the school days, but can be at risk of going hungry over the week-end. They bring the backpacks back on Monday.
So, let me know what you are doing to help fight poverty in your neighborhood or worldwide.
Tags: Blog Action Day
hi, Do something for help the hungry people from Africa or India,
I created this blog about this subject:
in http://tinyurl.com/6p6lb8
I’m so glad you posted….I didn’t make it this year: was just too snowed under getting ‘stuff’ done. UGH
Fighting poverty and hunger is tough. I suppose I am doing my part by shooing Craig out the door to head up our homeless feeding program! By making our homelife totally unappealing, he seeks refuge in other places and I get things done at home! It’s a win/win situation: both the homeless & needy AND Judy benefit! (Of course, I am making light of a very sad situation. But he does volunteer his time and efforts more than enough for five people, and he is more effective than I would ever be!)
Thank you for such a heart felt blog post.
xo
No food over the weekend? This makes me so, so sad and heartsick. As the mother of young children I am at a loss imagining what a weekend would be like with not enough food. Add onto that one of my kids is an insulin dependant Type 1 diabetic and my heart and mind just fold. No food is NOT an option.
Thank you so much for this post, I will most certainly be looking at how I can contribute my time and energy. Also, I will bring this to the attention of our children’s (Montessori) school.
Happy Belated Birthday to a very awesome 70 year old!
saw on jen’s blog another of her blogging buds was participating in blog action day!
kudos for your post, commitment and ongoing volunteer work.
I have always believed that if each of us can do some small thing to make the world a better place – fight poverty, reduce our consumption, think before we act – together we address the big problems that face our planet.
thanks! keep on keeping on!! nice site to visit, I look forward to returning….
I agree that poverty is not going away soon. I’m very conflicted about some aspects of it such as my belief that the more we fix world hunger, the more doors it opens for creating more (not unlike the stuff in our studios expanding to fill the amount of space we have). In the US, the changing demographics Mr. C noticed particularly saddens me. Hence, my action will be local rather than global. I’m a long time contributor to the American Red Cross (helping not poverty as much as need in extreme situations), and we donate annually to the Army Emergency Relief Fund which gives loans to soldiers in financial need. Lately, I’ve been looking at a local food bank here on Oahu.