Recently, I received notice that my credit card was going to be discontinued. Sigh. So began the search for a replacement. I stumbled upon Citizens Bank and found their Oxfam Canada credit card which will donate $0.10 for each transaction I make. Winner! I would rather my typical spending help others than me fussing with another points-based reward card.
It got tired of doing nothing, of thinking that the problem was too big, that I couldn't do anyhting to make a difference, and I just started, took a stepforward, connected with other like minded people and it flowed from there. It's funny when you realize how much helping others helps yourself, in ways you would never imagine ;)
I got tired of thinking a problem was to big to change. I decided to something, instead of nothing. When you focus just on hunger, you soon realize that fixing the whole problem is a long term goal, but feeding one person one meal is easy, and doable.
I read in the papers that for Food Banks this is the time of year a major portion of their funds are raised and that it is also an important time for food item donations.