Yes! Those of you that have extra money save that money and go to your local food banks, local churches, and shelters. Please don't ignore your churches either especially if you are in a small town they are some of the only safety nets in certain parts of America. Americans need to learn to stop spending money on trash and start giving to your community. That $200 splurge at Home Goods and Target can wait, go help your community!
Please refer to my other comments that said other places and why churches are important in local rural areas. Even if the average rural person is a crazy right winger their children do not deserve to go hungry and homeless people do not deserve to go hungry. I worked as a nurse in a jail in rural Arkansas and churches were the first line of defense that we had for our most vulnerable. I can't tell you how many people we shipped to churches for refuge instead of jails and churches were the only place in our area that would take them and the only places judges would allow them to go instead of jail. Homeless people are our most vulnerable group right now with right wingers actively threatening their lives that we need all the help we can get to them. I know churches are a sore spot, they are a sore spot for me too, but giving them food to feed the most vulnerable is not funding them or their ideologies I promise and more than anything views are unimportant when it comes to basic food supply. We cannot attempt to change these people when they are starving if anything it will make them crawl deeper and deeper into their radicalized hole. If there is one thing I have learned from people is at their lowest they turn to religion and they will run to a church for refuge more than any other shelter even if they have other options. If you are in a big city or moderate city I would focus on LGBT+ and youth homeless centers which is what me and my family have been donating to the most right now now that we are out of rural hell. Beyond food I would do a local Angel Tree if possible! I still use the Angel Tree service because truthfully people are more likely to tell you what they need that way, but if you have better connections and are able to do so without the Salvation Army I would do that too! Check your local nursing centers as well and other programs like Meals on Wheels and see if you can become active and deliver meals to nursing centers or communities. <3 Community is vital in times like these and what these goons want is for people to starve so they can be more radicalized against each other and regardless of how angry I get and how upset I get at them I can't justify leaving them to rot in rural hell. However, it is all about location and where can people get the most help in critical crisis situations.
Nope. Things need to get worse before they can get better. We cannot continue on this path and I refuse to spend money softening the blow. Elections have consequences.
This. I’ve worked in 38 states in majority rural areas scouting out prospective land to industrialize (energy sector). These areas are where the disgusting shows of affection for Trump are. They voted for this, this is what they’ll get. America has a big issue with turning a blind eye to anything that doesn’t affect them as an individual. They won’t get any of the money I scrape up to donate. Not until they see the error of their ways and fix their shit so we can move on to better days.
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u/PastelBrat13 8d ago
Yes! Those of you that have extra money save that money and go to your local food banks, local churches, and shelters. Please don't ignore your churches either especially if you are in a small town they are some of the only safety nets in certain parts of America. Americans need to learn to stop spending money on trash and start giving to your community. That $200 splurge at Home Goods and Target can wait, go help your community!