It feels like my birthday

[MissMillie]

There are still 6 days left before pay day, and this is when we start to run out of things--like fresh produce.

Our neighbors told us that a program in the town next to us gives away 20 lb boxes of produce every Wednesday. We went and got one.

Bag of potatoes
Bag of oranges
Bag of onions
Bag of apples
3 green peppers
PKG of romaine
3 tomatoes
4 pears
1 cucumber
1 cantaloupe

We live paycheck to paycheck, and seriously pinch pennies. I can't tell you what a help this is.

I'm SOOOO happy right now!

[Lars39]

1. Great news, MM!

Looks like a good variety, too.

[Bayard]

2. Happy for your healthy supplies!

[Phoenix61]

3. Fruit and veggies are yummy! Yeah for you! nt

[peacebuzzard]

4. MissMillie, I am sooo happy for you...

I love fresh produce. I easily see many meals from this 20lb box.
stay well !

[Ohiogal]

5. Wow, that's fabulous!

Nothing like fresh produce! And it can be so expensive.

Was talking to a friend on the phone this morning who was happy over being able to receive a watermelon at a local food giveaway. There is such a need for this now.

[JudyM]

6. Happy for you!

Fresh produce especially this time of year is a treat. Glad you got a cantaloupe, too, that’s a real treat.

[MissMillie]

7. Peach season is coming soon, too

[JudyM]

8. Yes!

[lunatica]

9. This is why I set up monthly donations

to two national food banks. There is no reason for anyone to go hungry. Ever. I’m happy that you are getting food!

[DENVERPOPS]

10. Sometimes, I wish

we had a benevolent dictator instead of Lard Ass.

Instead of just giving money to Corporate Farmers, he would have given them money, only if they planted produce and distributed it to good banks across this nation.........Sorta like FDR's work programs......

Given the situation we are in, thx to the RepubliCONs, If Biden is elected, and we won the Senate, many of FDR's programs would be reviewed and instituted once again......Including the regulations that have been thrown out by the RepubliCONs these past forty years.

[MLAA]

11. Happy Veggie Birthday!!!!!!

[George II]

12. This is why food banks are SO important these days. If people can support their food banks....

...it's a great service to localities. Glad you could take advantage of that town's program.

I've pointed this out before, but bears repeating - every dollar contributed to a food bank pays for more than TWO meals! Contributions go so far to help people.

Not bragging, but so far this year I've contributed several times since February. Those who can should!

[Skittles]

15. same here

when I grew up times were sometimes lean but never did I EVER wonder when my next meal would be - I just cannot imagine the feeling, especially for a child, and so I donate regularly to my local food bank

[George II]

16. We grew up poor, but like you we never had to worry about food. On the other hand....

...a number of people in our neighborhood were much poorer and they did have to rely on assistance (pre-"welfare&quot Seeing that had a lasting effect on me, and has become one of my "causes".

[Skittles]

17. yes

my mum once mentioned how I would lose sweaters and mittens when I was a kid - I told her mum, I didn't lose them, I gave them to the poor kids....she said my dad suspected that was what I was doing. He grew up during the depression and lots of us Boomers knew how poverty can leave long lasting scars.

[George II]

18. My parents grew up during the depression, too. That's why my mother turned out to be a hoarder....

Later in life they didn't threw away old warm clothes, they kept them in the trunk of their car. If they saw a poor homeless person freezing on the street, they'd stop and give him a coat or sweater. They did this well into their 80s.

Saints, both of them!

[Skittles]

19. I had the double whammy

dad a Depression era survivor, mum a WWII survivor.....I was taught to be very frugal indeed

my dad despised anyone putting down poor folk, he'd say, they don't know, they don't know

[George II]

21. My how times have changed, starting with the Ronald Reagan "me" generation.

[Skittles]

22. yeah I never did get into that

not at ALL

[Pepsidog]

13. I am furious that any citIzen of our country should be happy to receive food. Our country is broken

and needs massive reforms. I just got a bill from my daughters doctor for a colncopy (sp) which is a Pap smear with biopsy. Doc charges were around $6,000 which insurance paid about $6500 and they want another $500 from her, a nursing student. Just horrible.

[Skittles]

20. what exactly cost so much

a colposcopy should cost under $1000

[abqtommy]

14. That sounds like the SHARE program that my Dad got me involved with when I lived in California

many years ago. For a small contribution each participant got groceries and it really helped.

The SHARE program is national so check for it in your area. A quick search yielded these results:
link:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=the+SHARE+program+to+provide+low-cost+groceries+&ia=news

[BadGimp]

23. Be Well!