First I want you to know the following info is from The Huffington Post of which I am not a fan nor do I really trust, but, in looking at some other information this could very close to being true.
This number would mean that well over 15% of all Americans at sometime go to bed or spend part of the the day hungry or are perhaps chronically hungry.
Huffington also said that there were 16 counties in the United States with 100,000 plus kids chronically hungry and malnourished.
I must admit that in my entire life, from babe in arms to my rather well nourished aging senior citizen body I have never experienced that gnawing , weakening huge sense of dispare and being incapable of feeding my family and sheltering them from the elements. My parents and grandparents said the they never went hungry even through the "Great Depression" they were farmers and grew what they needed then sold or bartered the excess. Our children never went hungry or with out shelter and clothing,
As a youth in my church we had and still do have the first
Sunday of the month set aside when all family members strive to avoid a Saturday Evening meal and the Sunday breakfast and not eat until after the Sunday Services. The saving from these two family meals then is given to the Bishop who applies them to the local Bishops Store House for those in need of help with food ( beef, chicken, pork, fresh vegetables and fruits, canned goods, beans, fish, vegetables and fruit, hygienic supplies, bakery, dairy products, eggs.
The people working there are volunteers, from the shelf-stockers, , to the clean up people and those who help fill the orders.
The refrigeration, lights, heating and facilities are cared for by the FAST OFFERING!
To millions going hungry at home, while we feed millions abroad, while we burn food into energy will millions starve at home is something for which America will pay the price at judgment day.
It is time that the love of family, family fidelity and family obligation be restored to the American Republic.
Once your own family (Grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren) are loved and taken care of we can then instill that same ethic in our neighbors and friends. Give them a fish, then teach them to love, then teach them to fish.
Food on America's tables does no need to be caviar, fois gra, pheasant under glass, prime rib, free range chickens, lobster and shrimp as the Obama eats.
Hamburger, roasts, bacon, ham bones with beans, chicken or turkey, potatoes, rice, beans, oatmeal, bread, sandwiches, peanut butter, honey, carrots, green beans, bananas, apples, canned fish, milk, occasionally some ice cream or a cookie and your ready to go for a couple of weeks.
Why can't Americans do this on our own with no detested federal intervention?
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