Blogging Out Hunger: Campaign Launch - We Can't Let This Bank Fail!
Each child was asked to line up and receive his, or her ration of peanut butter and then it was my mother's turn.
My mother shyly whispered into her ear that she didn't have any -- the bakery ran out of their allotment of bread, earlier that morning.
Growing up, we were used to hearing such stories at the dinner table -- how, even in a big city like Budapest, my father was forced to steal to feed his younger siblings -- I don't think that my twin brother and I ever really understood how difficult it was for my parents.
Until, I got older and started raising a family of my own.
Today, I'm not ashamed to admit that we lived a frugal life and that my parents chose to accept the charity of strangers, to ensure that their children would never know that kind of hunger.
Today marks the official launch of This Bank Can't Fail campaign and I'm very proud to be joining forces with my blogging friend and fellow Jersey Girl Deborah Smith of JerseyBites.com, who has taken on the huge task of coordinating the Blogging Out Hunger on behalf of The Community Food Bank of New Jersey.
Why?
Because, I'm selfish.
Although, I'd love to go back in time and teach that bitch of a school teacher a thing, or two -- compassion, for starters -- I believe that doing something nice, for someone else, helps the suckage in my life feel, you know, less sucky.
Besides, the goal is to get 100 New Jersey bloggers spreading the word about the desperate need that The Community Food Bank of New Jersey is in due to the increased demands being put on New Jersey food pantries.
Aaaand?
Well, one out of every five New Jersey families does not earn enough to afford the basic necessities of housing, food and child care although 85 percent of these households have at least one family member who is working. Only 6 percent of them receive welfare.
C'mon, it's New Jersey - how bad can it be?
Okay, have you gone food shopping lately?
Here's one simple thing that you can do to help and, I promise, it won't hurt a bit.
Please look for the $1, $3, & $5 donation slips at A&P, Food Basics, Foodtown, Genuardi’s, Kings, Pathmark, ShopRite, Super Fresh and Wegmans.
100% of your generous donation in the stores or at http://www.checkouthungernj.org/ will come back to the Food Bank and make a real difference in the fight against hunger in New Jersey.
Check-Out Hunger is the Food Bank’s largest annual fundraising campaign and the
donations at the reporting retailers are 17% down from last year.
I mean, it only takes $1.00 -- less than what I would find on a good night of couch diving for change -- to join the fight against hunger and poverty.
Don't believe me -- that's okay, nobody in my house ever does -- just look, over 100 of my fellow Jersites are Blogging Out Hunger:
4) Simply Sable
5) John and Lisa are eating in South Jersey
7) Chefdruck
10) Cook Appeal
11) Crotchety Old Man Yells at Cars
12) Mommy Vents
13) This Full House
14) Paper Bridges
18) Fits and Giggles
19) House Hubbies Home Cooking
22) Tommyeats.com
23) Off the broiler
25) IamNotaChef.com
26) SimplyBeer.com
27) HistoryGeek.com
29) Momlogic New Jersey
33) Best of Roxy
34) Citizen Mom.net
35) Lynetteradio.com
36) Jersey Beat
37) Pop Vulture Phil
38) JerseySmarts.com
39) LongBeachIslandSummers.com
42) Somerset08873
44) KateSpot.com
46) JCRegister.com
47) New Jersey Real Estate Report
50) Man of Infirmity
51) Another Delco Guy in South Jersey
52) SweetNicks.com
53) Average Noone
56) The Center of New Jersey Life
58) Morristown, Chatham, Summit, and Madison NJ Real Estate
59) Midtown Direct Real Estate News
61) BlowUpRadio.com
62) LazlosDen.com
65) Banannie
67) Matawan Advocate
69) The Joy of Toast
70) Route 55
72) SaveJersey
73) Stompbox
74) Joe the Blogger
76) Stacey Snacks
80) Triple Venti
84) Cape Cuisine
87) Figmentations
88) MiddletownMike
91) Mack’s Journey Through Life
93) Tiger Hawk
94)Politics Patrol, The Bob Ingle Blog
95) The Food Chain
96) Henson’s Hell
98) Baristanet
99) New Jersey: Politics Unusual
100) Jersey Shore Blog
101) Plainfield Today
102) Beacon Bulletin
103) Journal Square Jersey City 07306
What, you not from Jersey?
No problem, the food banks across America rely on individual, corporate and foundation support to fund their hunger-relief efforts.
Check out Feeding America to find a food bank near you!
Or, especially if you're having difficulty finding your holiday mojo, perhaps you'd consider digging, stumbling, or giving my humble attempts at Blogging Out Hunger a thumbs up on kirtsy, therefore, decreasing the surplus suckage in the world.
Why?
Because, nice matters and hunger sucks!
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