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More Americans Will Use Food Stamps For Thanksgiving This Year Than Ever Before
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[quote:IssueX:MV8yMDU4NjcwXzM0NjI1NzY0XzkwQTEwMjM5] [quote:KoFFee_:MV8yMDU4NjcwX0EyQTU3Qzgx] [i]More Americans will use food stamps to buy their Thanksgiving dinner this year than ever before, according to a new report from the nonprofit government watchdog group The Sunlight Foundation. The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on food stamps has a budget of about $1.25 per meal. In other words, a family on food stamps must buy an entire meal per person for less than the cost of an average cup of coffee. This Thanksgiving, 42.2 million Americans will be on food stamps, according to the Economic Policy Institute. This is roughly the size of the populations of California and Connecticut combined.[/i] Read more here: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/11/20/more-americans-will-use-food-stamps-for-thanksgiving-this-year-than-ever-before [/quote] I donate to the food banks in my neighborhood, and I encourage others to do so as well Since the mid 2000s, many who used to donate to food banks are now their customers Overwhelmingly, it is the middle class who donate to soup kitchens & food banks. Talk to any of the people running these, from Maine down to Texas, and they will almost all tell you that they are running far lower on supplies and donations than they did 10 years ago This difficult economy is real, and almost no one willingly goes to a food bank if they can help it...there is a stigma associated. Anyway, it takes very little, maybe $20 of canned goods or other groceries. If everyone gives a little, it goes a long way Here's a list to get started: http://www.foodbanksusa.com/ http://www.meetup.com/randomacts/ Donating is my way of giving thanks for the good things in my life. In my area there are meetups who donate time to feed the homeless on major holidays as well: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone :hf: [/quote]
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More Americans will use food stamps to buy their Thanksgiving dinner this year than ever before, according to a new report from the nonprofit government watchdog group The Sunlight Foundation.
The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on food stamps has a budget of about $1.25 per meal. In other words, a family on food stamps must buy an entire meal per person for less than the cost of an average cup of coffee.
This Thanksgiving, 42.2 million Americans will be on food stamps, according to the Economic Policy Institute. This is roughly the size of the populations of California and Connecticut combined.
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