Yesterday's record number of households for a Monday at the Berkeley Food Pantry: 82. Number of brand-new clients: 5. Number of regular Monday crew: 6. Cal students helping out especially for Thanksgiving: 2. People who told me they were hungry but had already come in too many times this month: 2 [they got "make-up" bags]. People who said they either paid the rent or bought groceries: 2. This is the story for many Pantry clients.
In the meantime, my sister and I are trying to scale back Thanksgiving dinner, or at least the hassle that goes with it. Turkey sandwiches? Do we want all that labor-intensive brown, mushy food? We don't, but people who don't have a choice definitely do.
1 comment:
Well said, Liz!
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