a 'Tis the Season Meme
Nov. 30th, 2007 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanI'm about to hijack my own LJ to accost my readership (meaning you people, yes). I hereby ask my own pardon.
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Did you have a good meal tonight? I did. Quite yummy, and healthy, and there are leftovers for lunch.
Not everyone's so lucky.
MANCHESTER, N.H., Nov. 26 — Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages that have forced them to ration supplies, distribute staples usually reserved for disaster relief and in some instances close.
"It’s one of the most demanding years I’ve seen in my 30 years" in the field, said Catherine D’Amato, president and chief executive of the Greater Boston Food Bank, comparing the situation to the recession of the late 1970s.
"We don’t have nearly what people need, and that’s all there is to it," said Greg Bryant, director of the food pantry in Sheffield, Vt. "We’re one step from running out."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/us/30food.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The past few years I've made a decision to cut back on sending out holiday cards, and donate that money to charity, instead. I'll be doing that again this year, and I'm asking you to consider it as well. Send someone an e-mail that says you're thinking of them, and donate the $1 a card and postage would have cost to a local food bank instead. Multiply that by a few friends, and you just fed a kid for the day. You can donate cash, or hit CostCo or Sam's Club and donate a bulk shopping order, I'm told either will be welcomed. $5 or $50, whatever you feel comfortable with.
Meme it on. It's a mitzvah.
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Did you have a good meal tonight? I did. Quite yummy, and healthy, and there are leftovers for lunch.
Not everyone's so lucky.
MANCHESTER, N.H., Nov. 26 — Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages that have forced them to ration supplies, distribute staples usually reserved for disaster relief and in some instances close.
"It’s one of the most demanding years I’ve seen in my 30 years" in the field, said Catherine D’Amato, president and chief executive of the Greater Boston Food Bank, comparing the situation to the recession of the late 1970s.
"We don’t have nearly what people need, and that’s all there is to it," said Greg Bryant, director of the food pantry in Sheffield, Vt. "We’re one step from running out."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/us/30food.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The past few years I've made a decision to cut back on sending out holiday cards, and donate that money to charity, instead. I'll be doing that again this year, and I'm asking you to consider it as well. Send someone an e-mail that says you're thinking of them, and donate the $1 a card and postage would have cost to a local food bank instead. Multiply that by a few friends, and you just fed a kid for the day. You can donate cash, or hit CostCo or Sam's Club and donate a bulk shopping order, I'm told either will be welcomed. $5 or $50, whatever you feel comfortable with.
Meme it on. It's a mitzvah.
