@cooldude581 wrote:
you can also dial 211 for free local community resources. free legal aid, housing help, job training, etc.
@tstewart3 wrote:
@cooldude581 wrote:
you can also dial 211 for free local community resources. free legal aid, housing help, job training, etc.
It's not free, some hard-working American pays for everything you get for "free".
@foodluvr wrote:
You can also check out food communes in your area. These are groups that rescue food that would otherwise end up in a trash can. Some are completely free and some are donation or volunteer based. It's really eye opening how much edible food is wasted due to politics, best by dates and other policies.
@wrosie wrote:
The major problem is that the people that could probably most benefit from a hand up are too proud to ask for it. Those that expect it, complain that they aren't given enough. Just IMHO, but from what I've witnessed.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
Sometimes, there is a bounty! Wow! One week we got a veritable ham feast with a huge ham and traditional veggies. At other times, there is substantially less food available. Think the key is to incorporate whatever is and not expect an equivalent haul on every visit.
@KathyG wrote:
The food bank I donate (cash) to on a regular basis requires an interview and submitting of financial information in order to receive food.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
That sounds like the Federal program. They require that information.
@KathyG wrote:
The food bank I donate (cash) to on a regular basis requires an interview and submitting of financial information in order to receive food.
@wrosie wrote:
The major problem is that the people that could probably most benefit from a hand up are too proud to ask for it. Those that expect it, complain that they aren't given enough. Just IMHO, but from what I've witnessed.
@GinnyLynn wrote:
I think every area is probably different on the various. The food banks in our area were completely running out of food during covid, and the lines would be a couple or more miles long. Some people have had a really hard time. Although there have been times when I did need the help, and got it, I would tend not to go to the food banks or ask for other assistance if I didn't actually need it. There have been too many shortages and too much need to take things for granted in my area.
However, I have also taken advantage of various co-op opportunities. Interesting, or maybe sad, a few years back, one of the churches in our area got onto a co-op type program. It was purely on a co-op type basis; however, I think it was the way it was marketed, they flat went under. Not enough people used the service for them to keep it up. They had restaurant quality meats, vegetables, desserts, sides, etc., and it was a mega good deal -- like wholesale prices. But the way they presented it as "combatting hunger" or some such, it really did feel like humble pie to even use the service, and folks just plain didn't buy it. They went under.
@RobinMarie wrote:
I always wondered how we could get a food truck to be a mobile food pantry to reach the people who are unable to drive and wait in lines at the pantries.