Community Chat

[MyShadowLove]

There are so many ways that we all can reach out and provide help and relief....The Salvation Army....local Food Banks...families in our local areas...small businesses....etc., etc., etc...

Give of ourselves as much as we can!

[shoesnbags]

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@fthunt wrote:

@shoesnbags OKAY - I'M WRONG............

This posting is about helping he needy...........not competition in banking.

YOU ARE RIGHT..................

No wonder many postings go off the rails

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@fthunt 

My post was intended to warn you that checks are no longer as safe as theyused to be, and possibly save someone from the misery my son went through.  Sorry you didn't take it that way.  And I didn't bring up the topic of checks, you did.  Sheesh.

[akaburtonfan]

@deepwaterdotter My brother lives within a couple of blocks of a field where he said there are close to 200 homeless people camped out. He cooks large batches of food and then his housemate brings it out to share with the homeless. He says he tries to help when he can because the local government agencies won't or can't do anything. 

[SilleeMee]

Hunger is a national security issue which has yet to be addressed by the ptb. Until it is dealt with at those levels then finding solutions will continue to end in failure and it will continue to be an upward spiral battle coming down to even more hungry people.

[deepwaterdotter]

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@akaburtonfan wrote:

@deepwaterdotter My brother lives within a couple of blocks of a field where he said there are close to 200 homeless people camped out. He cooks large batches of food and then his housemate brings it out to share with the homeless. He says he tries to help when he can because the local government agencies won't or can't do anything. 

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Blessing to your brother and his housemate, they are my heroes.

[RedTop]

When I was a little girl, one of my grandmothers students in her Sunday School class confided that her family did not have any food.  At 5 years old, I watched my family, the church, and our closest neighbors make a difference for that widow and her children.   

I still think of that family every year at this time, and always donate money in memory of my grandparents.  With the need being so great this year, I bought no gifts for anyone, and donated that money to 3 local groups feeding the needy.   

[Isobel Archer]

Yes, people have lost jobs and small businesses have been forced into bankruptcy.

Clearly, we are NOT "all in this together."

[Isobel Archer]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Hunger is a national security issue which has yet to be addressed by the ptb. Until it is dealt with at those levels then finding solutions will continue to end in failure and it will continue to be an upward spiral battle coming down to even more hungry people.

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One "solution" is work, but that is not allowed for so many right now.

[suzyQ3]

I hope this worthy reminded doesn't go off the rails.

I strongly belief that regional banks are the best option to get food to a broad population in trouble.

[suzyQ3]

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@fthunt wrote:

@shoesnbags OKAY - I'M WRONG............

This posting is about helping he needy...........not competition in banking.

YOU ARE RIGHT..................

No wonder many postings go off the rails

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@fthunt, I read @shoesnbags post as just being informative.