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Food banks are underutilized. One food bank I know about had a sign asking people to recruit new recipiens and encourag eligible people to sigh up, they said there were too few people using the benefit, and it would be discontinues if they did not increase their distribution. So there may actually be more available food than the eligible public is able to take.
No, she didn't. It's what her ex-husband agreed to. Her only mistake was to formalize her relationship with a legal marriage. I bet now she knows better. The global banking cartel loves legal marriages, they can gouge ex-spouses for their entire life earnings.
Yeah, he quite literally would beat the crap out of me and threaten me with worse unless I took out private student loans and give him the money. I was stupid to stay for 4 years, but smart to leave. I've come to terms with the fact that the debt is mine and my responsibility to pay it off. And just trying to do so without burdening my new family with 25 years of debt. But please, let's not make *this* the issue. I really want to stick to the question at hand... is it WRONG for me to use the food bank??
Food banks are underutilized. One food bank I know about had a sign asking people to recruit new recipiens and encourag eligible people to sigh up, they said there were too few people using the benefit, and it would be discontinues if they did not increase their distribution. So there may actually be more available food than the eligible public is able to take.
This depends on the area. Here, they are stretched thin. You can only go once every 90 days. And here, you have to actually prove there is a need or be referred by a case manager from a program.
And OP?
60k a year and you want to use a food bank?
Ask the food bank employees. After they finish laughing at you or throwing you well-deserved looks of disgust, I'm sure that the ridiculousness of what you are proposing will sink in.
This depends on the area. Here, they are stretched thin. You can only go once every 90 days. And here, you have to actually prove there is a need or be referred by a case manager from a program.
And OP?
60k a year and you want to use a food bank?
Ask the food bank employees. After they finish laughing at you or throwing you well-deserved looks of disgust, I'm sure that the ridiculousness of what you are proposing will sink in.
Shame on you.
Why shame on me? Is it wrong to even ASK an online forum?! Sheesh.
People can go weekly here. But I know that from hearsay. I've never been. So... why shame on me?!?
Why shame on me? Is it wrong to even ASK an online forum?! Sheesh.
People can go weekly here. But I know that from hearsay. I've never been. So... why shame on me?!?
No, not shame on you for asking. Shame on you for considering this as an option.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that somehow you don't know that a food bank is for someone who would go without food otherwise. That is not you.
Find out more about the food bank(s) you are looking at. Even in the same area, food banks can be quite different. They're individual organizations, after all. If the food bank distributes federal commodities, your intake form will require you to affirm that you meet income guidelines based on federal poverty levels to receive those commodities.
The food bank where I volunteer has enough food for everyone to get a couple grocery bags full once a week. A lot of it is pretty good too, we have a garden to grow produce, and are in the process of starting up a larger growing operation. Some local farmers and gardeners donate their excess. As do the local bakeries and grocery stores.
We don't have income or any other requirements to receive food. If you want food, we'll give it to you. Plenty of our clients use us to stretch their food dollars, and that's just fine. We're not the police. Federal commodities aren't even ten percent of what we distribute, and if your income is too high to receive them, there's plenty of other food available.
How do you find out about your local food bank(s)? Volunteer. Many of our volunteers are also our clients. It's how they give back, so they don't feel guilty about receiving food.
Find out more about the food bank(s) you are looking at. Even in the same area, food banks can be quite different. They're individual organizations, after all. If the food bank distributes federal commodities, your intake form will require you to affirm that you meet income guidelines based on federal poverty levels to receive those commodities.
The food bank where I volunteer has enough food for everyone to get a couple grocery bags full once a week. A lot of it is pretty good too, we have a garden to grow produce, and are in the process of starting up a larger growing operation. Some local farmers and gardeners donate their excess. As do the local bakeries and grocery stores.
We don't have income or any other requirements to receive food. If you want food, we'll give it to you. Plenty of our clients use us to stretch their food dollars, and that's just fine. We're not the police. Federal commodities aren't even ten percent of what we distribute, and if your income is too high to receive them, there's plenty of other food available.
How do you find out about your local food bank(s)? Volunteer. Many of our volunteers are also our clients. It's how they give back, so they don't feel guilty about receiving food.
I will do that. Thank you for this information. My friend told me most of the food at the food banks comes from trader joes, local bakeries, and a local organic food co-op.
I did call and ask what was required. They said a photo ID and a utility bill. For income, you just check an income bracket on a form and they said there was no maximum limits. Which of course if they had said "under the poverty line" and required proof of income, I wouldn't lie about it. It seems as though I qualify based on their qualification standards, which is why I asked here because I'm conflicted inside about it.
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