Hunger Grows in Abbotsford
I allow myself one lotto 6/46 ticket whenever the pot gets over $10 million. An inexpensive chance to dream … and you never know – somebody has to win it. But even though the pot was $15 million I did not by a lottery ticket, instead spending my $2 on purchasing a $2 food bank donation coupon at Safeway.
It just seem a wiser way to spend my ‘mad money’ considering how demand for meals and food have soared over past weeks.
Disturbing is not a strong enough word to describe the flood of new faces, new people, looking for food and a place to sleep at night that has been occurring. When you stop to consider this trend, frightening is a more accurate word to describe the implications.
The new people have swollen the numbers of people in need to the point that those who provide meals have literally run out and had to scramble to find something to serve in order that everyone got fed at least something.
Those serving meals find themselves needing to provide more meals, but facing the reality of less donations and generosity from the public.
The Abbotsford Food Bank, facing the reality of more hungry people and the effect the economy has had on donations, has had to reduce the amount of food it gives to individual clients. Help is needed to fill the shelves as we head into summer when traditionally donations to the food bank go down. Going into this summer the shelves are looking bare at a time demand is quickly climbing. Abbotsford’s Food Bank could use a drive such as that being undertaken in Vancouver to restock the Food Bank’s shelves.
As a community we all should look at how we are spending our money to see if we cannot find a few dollars we could spend being generous to the growing numbers of people in our community in need of generosity simply to eat.
From where are you getting
From where are you getting foods? Well, in spite of the predicaments that we are facing right now, we are still lucky that we have foods to eat. Though we are under global financial crisis yet, we still survive with this. However, if you need to make installment payments, then a payday installment loan option is available through most lenders. It's easy to get a payday loan with no credit check. A credit check can be a major hassle. A credit check when you need some financial assistance on the quick can be a real snag, and a major inconvenience. It can be time consuming, and if you have a deadline, which has to be met with cash, it isn't something you want to deal with. If you're in need of short term financing, you can try payday lenders.