Every poor family knows hunger and has experienced food emergencies.
Food emergencies happen before hungry. A food emergency is less than 24 hours of food. At this point, the adults in the family must locate meals via the Food Banks. This doesn't mean the problem is solved because often there are not any food banks in your area.
The next thing poor people then must do is to alert family and friends. Tell a poor person that you have no food in the house and watch them come through with flying colors. They don't give you a lecture; they just go to their cupboards and bring you food.
Hunger is the worst thing a human can go through in life. Hunger is torture, slow and painful. First come the hunger pains that everyone experiences. This lasts for about a day or day and a half. You began to be very tired and listless. Your eyes become dull and a feeling of desperation overcomes you.
Good people who do not usually steal will shoplift food or steal. I have experienced this several times in the past. One time I told my friend in Rochester, New York that I was hungry and she sent me food by ordering food from Schwan's truck. She made me promise to inform her when I get to my reserves: rice, potatoes, and pasta.
Gisele Fetterman, the First Lady of Braddock, co-founded Food Rescue 412. They work with local grocery stores. Instead of throwing food away that they can no longer sell, they donate the food to Food Rescue 412. The group then picks up the food and delivers it to poor families. People reach out to Gisele all the time and Gisele will deliver the food.
How does a family on Food Stamps become hungry? Most of the time it happens because their caseworker loses their paperwork. Then the family may have to wait three weeks. This puts poor people in the position of deciding between food and bills.
Hunger and food emergencies are the worst.
We do not have proper grocery stores and must purchase our food from places like Family Dollar or Dollar Stores because we don't drive and can't afford a Jitney.
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