The frost is not yet on the pumpkin, but harvest season is
at hand. For many it’s a time of plenty, but many of our friends and neighbors
are food insecure: not confident that they will have enough to feed their
families. It is a challenge to pay for
housing, utilities, healthcare and food. Natural and financial disasters are
equal opportunity actors.
I have my favorite national charities and will “set the
table for another” by making regular contributions. I also participate in local
drives to replenish the shelves in our local pantry. It’s no effort (and not
very expensive) to pick up case of canned corn or canned fruit at the warehouse
club. The store brand is fine – it’s what I feed my own family.
I was a little disheartened when I made room for my canned
corn for the food drive yesterday and surveyed the other contributions. We need to better educate those who choose to
contribute. A food drive is not the
opportunity to clean the pantry of old food. Food that is out of date must be
discarded – a waste of a volunteer’s time and the charity will need to pay for
the disposal. If your kids won’t eat that weird canned stuff, someone else’s
kids won’t eat it either. If you won’t feed your children breakfast cereal that
is little more then sugar and chemicals don’t feed it to someone else’s child.
If you are fortunate enough, please share. Please give
mindfully and with love.
Some resources:
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