"Perfect Storm" At Nation's Food Banks
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Many Americans are feeling the squeeze from the rising cost of food. Staples such as rice, wheat, corn and milk cost more than ever.
And reports CBS News correspondent Priya David, those and other rising costs are hitting the middle class hard.
One manifestation: At food banks across the country, donations are slowing down, because, among other things, people who once donated are now in need of food themselves. So, donations are decreasing as the need for their services increases. One food bank official calls it "the perfect storm":
Separately, an 11-year-old Florida boy, Jack Davis, has done his part to address the problem in his state, spearheading efforts that recently resulted in a law making it less potentially problematic for restaurants and others to donate leftover fresh food to food banks. That's right: We said -- ELEVEN-years-old!:
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. And reports CBS News correspondent Priya David, those and other rising costs are hitting the middle class hard.
One manifestation: At food banks across the country, donations are slowing down, because, among other things, people who once donated are now in need of food themselves. So, donations are decreasing as the need for their services increases. One food bank official calls it "the perfect storm":
Separately, an 11-year-old Florida boy, Jack Davis, has done his part to address the problem in his state, spearheading efforts that recently resulted in a law making it less potentially problematic for restaurants and others to donate leftover fresh food to food banks. That's right: We said -- ELEVEN-years-old!:
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My Dad started me in volunteering, as well as the rest of my family, around 15 years ago. I''m 28 now and have been recognized for community service that others in my high school graduating class wouldn''t acknowledge.
Jack, keep up the good work. You are going to go far in this world.
I am glad to see that there is someone who is trying to get the business community involved. We cannot rely on them to do it on their own - WE MUST NOT ONLY SET THE GOAL AND THE STANDARDS, BUT COMPLETE THE TASK AND SEND CORPORATE AMERICA THE BILL!
The only way to wake up big business is to speak to their pocketbooks because that it where their ears are - near their behinds.
Wal-Mart also discontinued its policy of reducing hot and other fresh cooked foods before expiration. This means that I have had to discard thousands of dollars of fresh, fully cooked rotisserie chicken - just because. All of the above says nothing about the numerous other items that I have seen go in the dumpster, without a care in the world. People are hurting right now and the one company on earth who could be more than just leading the way is letting humanity down.
I guess if I earned $400 billion a year, I wouldn''t care either. Instead, I earn $11 an hour and need another job. Sam Walton would probably sh*t himself if he only knew what his company was doing today.
I can''t faulty Wal-Mart exclusively - IF ALL OF YOU GREEDY, BLOOD-SUCKING SH*THEADS DIDN''T SPEND EVERY WAKING MOMENT SUING THE COMPANY OVER STUPID STUFF, THIS MIGHT NOT BE HAPPENING!!
I am not fat
I ask can ye
Give up yer car
Can ye live on
one meal a day
The cheapest at that
Clean out yer back yard
''Fore ye tell me to clean mine
I don''t have a back yead.
A friend bought me a sandiwick
I asked do ye want half of it
He said no ye eat so little
I scared ye might die
He know I heat a small TV dinner
And that is my one meal aday
I am grateful for that meal
I know I am still hungey
I don''t tell him
The local food bank is out
We never worried about food
It was there and at prices
we could afford
who is the blame
well greed and war
need I say more
We are all in the same boat
Posted by DaVicar2 at 03:23 PM : Apr 28, 2008
Spoken like a true bloated cardiac risk of a couch potato who needs a remote to change the channels between pro games.
Jack Davis, 11 years old, average US citizen, not yet able to vote, helps aide the hungry.
Interviewer: "Mr. Davis, what is your secret?"
Jack Davis: "I am too young to realize that I am powerless, voiceless, and unable to help change the world down here at my level. I haven''t yet been told to go back to my cable sports, my video games, and girls to keep my mind off the real issues of helping my fellow man and making the world better than I found it."
Interviewer: Well, done Mr. Davis!
President Bush nods and says, "now there is someone who can make a difference." President Bush then invited Mr. Davis to Washington, gave him a tour of the White House where those important world-effecting decisions are made, and presented him with a medal, saying "You have accomplished more in your short years than greater men have accomplished in a lifetime."
Then Jack Davis had his picture taken next to the President, no wait, President Bush had his picture taken next to Mr. Davis.