Posted on 02/01/2018 11:37:46 AM PST by sodpoodle
In an unusual emergency call, a mom of four young children dialed 911 last week, saying she had run out of options.
"I went to local churches and everything, trying to find food for my children," she told the dispatcher. "My kids have not eaten since yesterday."
"This is for police only," the dispatcher said. "It's not for this."
The distraught mom from Camden, New Jersey, said she was waiting for food stamps, which would take at least a month. She had no money, transportation or phone service, and the only number she was able to call was 911.
"If I could get some type of assistance," she pleaded. "If someone [could] come out. Help me with anything."
According to NBC, another dispatcher, Tondaleya Bagby, overheard the call and requested an officer go to the mom's residence to check on the family. "It made me sad. I couldn't imagine not being able to provide for my child," Bagby, also a mom, told NBC. When Camden County Officer David Hinton arrived at the apartment, he noticed there was no food, so he went to a local restaurant to bring food back to the family.
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I just gave the dozen homemade tamales that I bought for lunch to a mom and kid who were panhandling.
Funny you should say that. I have started writing down episodes. I do have grown kids now and two beautiful granddaughters. My old man moved all over. We lived in Keams Canyon,AZ,( where one time we were chased by wild horses)to Shures,Nevada.(On a Indian Reservation.) My mother is buried in Holbrook,AZ. Her grave was unmarked until around two years ago. Lived in Foster Homes finally back to the relatives in South Jersey. All my brothers are still alive and in (reasonably) good health. The eldest is now 71. I still have a few relatives living in AZ.
She probably spent her SNAP money on drugs
Because they are already in jail?
The church I did attend was more worried about getting money to build more facilities even though the pews were half empty.
There are hungry families, there`s governments going after my private Christian school, when we could fund it ourselves. There`s lots of things we could be doing. I personally do everything in my power, and I`m also sure I`m high on some list for the rehabilitation camps, but so be it.
For decades we`ve been asleep.
Well if they were black churches, they will not help. They are all about making money for the reverend, his wife, and his cronies. They use the “church” as a tax shelter too.
Catholic churches only help illegals now.
“The part that makes me angry is that it mentioned she went to some churches. “
i wonder if that’s actually true. we have churches here that run food banks. maybe she went to ones that didn’t.
I have similar stories as a soldier oversees. Some truly need help but some will NEVER help themselves to overcome their predicament in life nor can properly raise children.
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My granddaughter grew up in a home where they were regularly left alone for days w/no food, no phone, no TV. Of course. I didn’t know this until much later.
Mom moved them across the country from their father and he paid very high child support but it was rarely spent on the kids. We bought them clothing and school supplies. One year we bought them a Wi but they didn’t take it with them because their mother would just sell it. We couldn’t send them with money because their mother would borrow it.
They moved to an apartment complex that had internet and we were able to take care of many of their needs online.
My wife tells me all the time I should write down my experiences. How’s about “Episodes from A Fractured Childhood” as a title. I will look into the Blurb. Thanks.
Best police story I have read in a long time.
If you, like me, rip the cops when they screw up you need to say BRAVO when you see a story like this.
There are lots of stories like that. And when folks don’t get exactly what they want, they say you refused to help them. Neither churches, nor Christians themselves are called to give “carte blanche” to anyone.
Our church, through the benevolence fund, privately paid a newly divorced Mom’s mortgage payment at least twice (She was a member.) It was not a trivial sum. She later got angry over not getting her way on something and left. She posted on Facebook that we were a horrible church, and had NEVER done anything for her.
We once got a family of four, in a nice Lincoln Town Car, coming through our small town, needing a place to stay the night. One of our Deacons escorted them to a small, clean, but cheap local motel. They refused to take a room there and followed him back to church to demand a better hotel. Did I mention the two teenage boys were wearing $500 leather NFL jackets?
May God Bless this woman with what she needs, but please don’t criticize those she CLAIMS would not help her.
LOL. That's racis' !
On the Weschler IQ test one of the questions has to do with giving to beggars. The answer is “don’t”. Give to charities that provide.
I know the feeling. When I was a kid in South Jersey I lived with my old man off and on. I would go to a phone booth and call my aunt (my mothers sister) collect when I really needed something. Tell them they can always do that anytime of day.
Yeah - lots of you twerps missing the real story - doesn’t matter who/what the woman is, the officers saw the situation and were moved to do a good deed.
I’m not even talking about money, I’m talking in a bigger, broader sense.
You’ll always have ungrateful whelps, and it’s unfortunate.
I agree that distant Christian men may be a problem in a lot of places, but they sure don’t run in my circles.
I lead a ministry to young men. It’s a Trail life USA troop.
Our mission is to guide generations of young men to honor God, lead with integrity, serve others and experience outdoor adventure.
We have over 700 troops nationwide with 35,000 or so members. This is just in the last four years.
Beyond the age of 8, we require male leadership. I have a team of about 8 leaders who directly interact with the boys and about 15 other dads who are registered adults (background checks, approvals etc.)
The dedication these men have not only to their sons, but to other young men is incredible. We give up weekends, weeks of summer camp and every Monday night for our regular meetings.
Even though most of them do not attend my church, we consider it our ministry and a ministry of our church.
Which means that we’re trying to reach these boys not only for the fun and skills, but also spiritually.
Not one of these men are falling down on the job.
Our church also has other programs. Awana and Sunday school have several male leaders, as does our youth group. The men’s Bible Study is reasonably well attended and of course on Sunday morning there are lots of men there.
If someone ever spouted political correct ideas from the pulpit, at the least people would get up and leave, or he’d get shouted down. Same goes for unbiblical ideas.
Maybe I’m just lucky. We’ve always attended pretty strong churches. One got pretty wishy washy and suffered the consequences with many leaving, including us.
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