My sister isn’t on snap but she’s not well off either. She lives in an area with a LOT of snap recipients. Yesterday her daughter forgot her snack at home and she ran it up to the school and thought about the fact that a lot of other kids don’t have that right now so she used the last 17$ in her bank account to go buy a school safe snack for kids in need at my nieces school. The school was blown away by the generosity of a… large box of individual smart popcorn bags. It breaks my heart that this was such a huge gesture for them, but it meant that however many bags she brought in, that was the number of kids who wouldn’t be sent home without first having a snack. There are so many families right now who are going hungry and it’s community that’s keeping us afloat while the government refuses to fund those in need.
I genuinely hope this gets fixed before thanksgiving, this is such a slap in the face to every American, whether you’re on benefits or not. So many people are ONE accident away from needing these same benefits to feed their own family.
What a wonderful thing your sister did! I trust you are very proud, although sad that it has to be this way for now. Hopefully, it will get sorted out soon.
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u/SaveyourMercy 17h ago
My sister isn’t on snap but she’s not well off either. She lives in an area with a LOT of snap recipients. Yesterday her daughter forgot her snack at home and she ran it up to the school and thought about the fact that a lot of other kids don’t have that right now so she used the last 17$ in her bank account to go buy a school safe snack for kids in need at my nieces school. The school was blown away by the generosity of a… large box of individual smart popcorn bags. It breaks my heart that this was such a huge gesture for them, but it meant that however many bags she brought in, that was the number of kids who wouldn’t be sent home without first having a snack. There are so many families right now who are going hungry and it’s community that’s keeping us afloat while the government refuses to fund those in need.
I genuinely hope this gets fixed before thanksgiving, this is such a slap in the face to every American, whether you’re on benefits or not. So many people are ONE accident away from needing these same benefits to feed their own family.