Share the Turkey
A couple of weeks ago, the USDA put numbers to the reality that has appeared, anecdotally, all over the country: more and more people in this country don’t have enough food. Almost 15% of the country had at least some food insecurity last year. 5 million more kids faced hunger last year than the year before.
That means the food banks that have helped such families fill the gap are slammed, facing far more demand than they can meet.
So as you prepare to join family and friends tomorrow to give thanks for everything you’ve got, if you’re able, please consider helping the food banks that are trying to put Thanksgiving meals on so many tables this year.
Gleaners Community Food Bank, Southeastern MI
Food Gatherers, Washtenaw County, MI
(Susie’s got more links here)
Great idea Marcy I know I am thankful for everything everyday Happy thanksgiveing everyone
I can’t believe Marcy is shopping me around like this!
Oh, wait, different turkey. Nevermind…..
Thanks for the suggestion EW.
In Lonewolf Oklahoma for Thanksgiving. 300 peole in this town. Spent part of the day in a cotton gin with a some of the guys who have worked in that gin for 40 some years. Equipment over 50 years old. Tumbleweed, horses, a few volcanic mountains, lots of folks in their 80’s and 90’s. Some real classic characters. One day talked with a middle aged flower shop owner who brought up the health care issue and she started talking about how she hoped that it did not pass and spewed all of the fearmongering that she has heard the Insurance companies spew on the MSM. (she had a little cross around her neck and most of you know that really gets under my skin) Went I asked her if she thought Jesus would want all people to have health care…she sort of lost her bearings. And then came back with what does Religious beliefs have to do with health care. Oh you should have been there. Then down the main street of Lonewolf to talk with a retired plumber who claimed that the whole country started going to hell under Reagan. Another great conversation. Co-op is written up on everything around here, the gins, the trucks CO-ops co-ops…another way to say socialism to me. In one of the reddest states in the union
Way ot. Incredible discussion between Andrew Bacivich and David Frum about the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Israeli Palestinian conflict over at Crooks and Liars. Worth it. Unable to link.
Happy Thanksgiving folks and thanks for that suggestion EW.
Wonderful of you to remind all of us about this, EW. People are stepping up here and there. For example, one Volunteers of America site has reported that, while last year they only got 275 turkeys donated (25 less than they’d hoped), this year they have already received 800 “and counting”!.
And a good time to remind people that once Thanksgiving and Christmas are over, the hunger continues into January…….February…….March……… you get the picture.
Happy holidays and safe travels to all.
Thanks for the reminder, Marcy.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. May everyone find peace in whatever you do this week.
Back to the battles on Monday…
Monday?? Au contraire! We will be right here all though tomorrow and the weekend, even if a little sparse, addled and inebriated. There will be special fun and exciting posts! Okay, I am using surplus exclamation points up so they don’t go to waste (they are not like rollover minutes ya know). But we’ll be kind of be around if y’all want to stop in. There will, for instance, be some Turkey Trash for the games tomorrow. And don’t forget, the OPR report may drop Friday.
Yeah, I realize turkey trash will be coming. I’m gonna be stuck in a nasty little town in central Florida Friday through Monday for a horse show (which I will boycott for a few hours Saturday to find a TV to watch the Florida-Florida State game), so I’ll probably miss the OPR report drop. That one really burns me…
I should have been more specific that I will be back to the battles Monday (and may try to drop in Friday night and Saturday night if the stars align…)
Wanders off to the fridge to find a beer to celebrate finally winning an all-day battle with hard drive errors.
ok, but if you start using those winking emoticon things you are officially cut off.
Oh, dear… don’t give him any ideas…
Oooh, special fun, exciting posts. And is Henry the Horse dancing the waltz?
I’ve had a few Beck’s, and my wife just handed me a white Zin.
Can you live blog the NO v Patsie classic?
We need redemption….
You going on a bender or something? Cause the Pats game is not until Monday.
Apologies for the OT, but this looks at first glance like a big deal:
More at the link.
yep. which begs the question: does a country that can no longer feed it’s citizens really have a shot at giving those same citizens universal healthcare? Perhaps someone should yank our OECD membership instead. I don’t think advanced industrial countries are supposed to have difficulty with something as basic as food supply to their economically disadvantaged. National fail.
I filmed this 2 years ago now, and it’s even more true today.
Here’s what it looks like in a food bank; part 1 and part 2
EW:
can we please avoid the gumint sanctioned nomenclature for HUNGER. “Food insecurity” is like enhanced interrogation, enemy combatants, extraordinary rendition, etc. Enough deception.
Those would be the same 15% that are underinsured healthwise, right? Surprise. Not. The greed of the plutocrats bears a wicked fruit.