Food pantries struggle to meet demand
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pennywhistle*cross posted to the Ohio Wombats*
Y'know, I'm struggling, I really don't have a lot of money right now. My parents are bailing me out in most cases. But I'm going out today and spending my
grocery money on food for the Free Store. I can eat hot dogs and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and stock up on food at my parents house Thursday (I do my best shopping there ;-))
Won't you take time out to help too?
Below is quoted from todays Cincinnati Enquirer:
The limping-along economy has local charitable
organizations in something of a Catch-22. Demand is
rising while supply continues to flat-line. The
reason: the economy affects not only those who
receive, but also those who give.
"The trend is that demand has gone up," said Tammy
Reasoner, acting director of development for the
FreeStore/FoodBank, the area's largest emergency-food
provider, which began its Thanksgiving food giveaways
Monday.
"We live in a very generous community, but I have to
be honest with you, demand is always higher than
supply," Ms. Reasoner said.
FreeStore, the Over-the-Rhine warehouse, opened its
Thanksgiving dinner giveaway at 8 a.m. Monday. The
first people showed up at 4:30 a.m.. By afternoon, the
line of recipients reached the corner at Liberty and
Walnut. The giveaway continues today and Wednesday.
The agency expects to exceed last year's distribution
of: 465,308 pounds of food to 10,797 households. About
half of all recipients were children.
"There's just so many people," Jeannette Stephens, 40,
of Bond Hill, said Monday after receiving her
packages. Her children are ages 15, 11, 7 and 3.
Like most recipients Monday, she got a turkey, a box
of dry goods, canned vegetables and a produce bag,
typically potatoes.
Ms. Stephens is a former machine operator who said she
lost her job to injury.
Just ahead of her in line was Victor Wadley, 41, of
Madisonville, an unemployed father of three children
ages 10-18. He said he has a degree in business
management from the University of Cincinnati.
"The economy is hurting," Mr. Wadley said. "I've never
been like this."
Shared Harvest food pantry in Fairfield is providing
Thanksgiving baskets for the first time, and Good
Shepherd Church in Montgomery expects to distribute
full meals to about 65 families.
Y'know, I'm struggling, I really don't have a lot of money right now. My parents are bailing me out in most cases. But I'm going out today and spending my
grocery money on food for the Free Store. I can eat hot dogs and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and stock up on food at my parents house Thursday (I do my best shopping there ;-))
Won't you take time out to help too?
Below is quoted from todays Cincinnati Enquirer:
The limping-along economy has local charitable
organizations in something of a Catch-22. Demand is
rising while supply continues to flat-line. The
reason: the economy affects not only those who
receive, but also those who give.
"The trend is that demand has gone up," said Tammy
Reasoner, acting director of development for the
FreeStore/FoodBank, the area's largest emergency-food
provider, which began its Thanksgiving food giveaways
Monday.
"We live in a very generous community, but I have to
be honest with you, demand is always higher than
supply," Ms. Reasoner said.
FreeStore, the Over-the-Rhine warehouse, opened its
Thanksgiving dinner giveaway at 8 a.m. Monday. The
first people showed up at 4:30 a.m.. By afternoon, the
line of recipients reached the corner at Liberty and
Walnut. The giveaway continues today and Wednesday.
The agency expects to exceed last year's distribution
of: 465,308 pounds of food to 10,797 households. About
half of all recipients were children.
"There's just so many people," Jeannette Stephens, 40,
of Bond Hill, said Monday after receiving her
packages. Her children are ages 15, 11, 7 and 3.
Like most recipients Monday, she got a turkey, a box
of dry goods, canned vegetables and a produce bag,
typically potatoes.
Ms. Stephens is a former machine operator who said she
lost her job to injury.
Just ahead of her in line was Victor Wadley, 41, of
Madisonville, an unemployed father of three children
ages 10-18. He said he has a degree in business
management from the University of Cincinnati.
"The economy is hurting," Mr. Wadley said. "I've never
been like this."
Shared Harvest food pantry in Fairfield is providing
Thanksgiving baskets for the first time, and Good
Shepherd Church in Montgomery expects to distribute
full meals to about 65 families.
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Date: 2002-11-26 06:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-11-26 06:27 am (UTC)Never underestimate what one person can do, eh? :P