lol the sad truth today. Which leads me to share an exchange I had at work last week with a young twenty-something Caucasian gal here in America with a visa from the UK. She was sharing her story of when she was broke here in America, so broke she had to go dumpster diving for food. I asked, "why didn't you go to a local food bank?". She said she did, but all they had was Top Ramen noodles and other yucky stuff. I could not believe her answer. Beggars can't be choosers. Food is food for heavens sake! But she would rather eat garbage! Sheesh!
I looked up Los Angeles Food Bank, and this is what I found out:
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has a link for Agencies Serving Daily Meals.
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank also has a Daily Product List available on their website.
When I was finishing my senior year in college going full-time, money was tight. I gladly survived on basic staples like a bowl of rice with butter and soy mixed in, or pinto beans and rice, or Top Ramen noodles, milk, eggs, cereal, bread, tortillas and I was creative with potato's, even made my own potato chips. I would occasionally treat myself to lunch at the food court on the CSULA campus with classmates. I paid for it myself, I was self-sufficient and never felt poor in any way. I was totally grateful that I had food to eat and a roof over my head and clothes on my back. I was also so busy with my studies, food and sleep were the last things on my mind. But that's besides the point. It's important to know how to stretch a penny.
But if you find yourself genuinely needing help, please visit your local Food Bank or if you don't know where one is, go to a public library where you can use the internet for free and visit your local Food Bank website. Go to Feeding America, a non-profit charitable organization, to find out where a local Food Bank is in your city across America. Please do not take advantage of your local Food Bank if you have the means to feed yourself. Because if you do take advantage of your local Food Bank, you are robbing people in America who are genuinely hungry and don't have money to feed themselves.
But if you find yourself genuinely needing help, please visit your local Food Bank or if you don't know where one is, go to a public library where you can use the internet for free and visit your local Food Bank website. Go to Feeding America, a non-profit charitable organization, to find out where a local Food Bank is in your city across America. Please do not take advantage of your local Food Bank if you have the means to feed yourself. Because if you do take advantage of your local Food Bank, you are robbing people in America who are genuinely hungry and don't have money to feed themselves.
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