Can You Imagine What Hunger Feels Like?

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Can you eat on just $4.20 a day?From Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2014, members, staff and clergy of Congregation Shaare Emeth will take the SNAP Challenge and try to live on the average food budget of a Missouri SNAP recipient – just $29.25 per week or less than $1.40 per meal. SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as Food Stamps). Why are we doing this? To raise awareness about the struggles faced by millions of food-insecure households, to experience first-hand how difficult it is to afford nutritious foods, and to renew our commitment to do what we can to put an end to hunger.

Please join us by attending one of our hunger events, following our blog as we document our experiences (subscribe by email in the box on the right, subscribe to the blog feed, or check back daily), joining as SNAP Challenge participant and blog author, or participating in an alternate way. Let's all learn a little more about what it's like to live solely on food stamps.

Friday, January 31, 2014

ARTICLE: Food Stamp Cuts and Cold Weather Put Extra Strain on Food Pantries

An article recommended by Rabbi Goldstein: Food Stamp Cuts and Cold Weather Put Extra Strain on Food Pantries. It's an NPR story about food insecurity/hunger, food pantry demands and needs, and effects of recent SNAP benefit cuts and higher heating bills. I've liked to NPR's Facebook post of the story rather than to the story on their web page so you can join the discussion.

Excerpt:

Anti-hunger organizations say the unusually low temperatures are sending heating bills through the roof, cutting into the food budgets of many families struggling to get by. That means food pantries are bracing for more hungry people from their communities coming through the door in the weeks to come.


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