I totally agree! Did you catch this part from the article?
So when she learned she'd won a $100,000 award in late 2007, she ignored suggestions that she take a vacation and instead started work on "Witnesses to Hunger." She purchased digital cameras and distributed fliers to some of the mothers who had been interviewed over the years.
Her hoity-toity friends suggested she take a vacation instead of help the allegedly hungry...and instead she bought them digital cameras. She could have fed a lot of people with just a small portion of that $100,000.
Have you heard about this "Cooking with Clara" show on You Tube? It's this woman who lived during the depression cooking the food they ate back then and sharing stories. I'm sure Clara would have shown these ladies how to cook for a lot less then $100,000.
'Great Depression Cooking With Clara' videos are a YouTube sensation
Thanks for the link. I love the older generations. We can learn so much from them.