Groceries for needy family
I have a co-worker who is in terrible need of assistance. She has told a few of us, in confidence, that she has $5 in her checking account and no food in her house. Another co-worker brought her a dee...
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rolling_rhoda wrote:
Just another suggestion from our local food pantry. A lot of women, men, and kids don't have from-scratch cooking skills. All items are appreciated, yet they have a high demand for heat and eat foods or mixes/boxes that even an older child can make if needed.
The food bank asks for jarred and canned sauces, boxed "complete meals", canned fruit and veg, chili, stew, and boxed sides like seasoned rice pouches, seasoned potatoes, etc. They have also asked for something other than plain cereal, because so many families only have water to put on it. They say if it has sugar or raisins to sweet granola nuggets, it has some flavor and kids will eat it. Children have to be darn hungry to swallow plain oatmeal day after day, according to my Dad who was a poor farm kid in the Dust Bowl.
You know, Rhonda, I really didn't get a lot of that kind of stuff. With the exception of the cereal, which I know they do a lot and at all hours of the day, I got almost no convenience food. Everything I got she would kind of have to plan ahead. It just seems like those things are kind of pricey, and you can't stretch a dollar as far. Fortunately, I know the lady I was buying for does know how to cook from scratch, but if anyone decided to do this for someone they weren't sure about, it would be good to remember.
