Posted on 04/12/2020 8:56:10 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
...For the past three weeks, Blanchet House has seen record numbers of people seeking meals. In the first week of April, staff and volunteers (the kind Kerman says would "fight through zombies to get to our door" to help) served 9,700 meals—nearly double the numbers from the first week of March. The first week of the month is typically a time when the number of meals needed decline as public benefits become available at the start of the month...In the past, more than three-quarters of the food Blanchet House served was donated. But now restaurants are closed and don't have excess to contribute. Blanchet House must also now package its food instead of serving it restaurant style. Both those factors have increased costs from 33 cents to $5 a meal.
(Excerpt) Read more at wweek.com ...
Sure, people will go hungry and suffer the ravages of malnutrition and perhaps starvation. But at least they won’t die of the By Russ.
As long as we’re safe from COVID-19, we can live on love!
Call that dern know-it-all governor and ask for food.
These Dem A$$wipe politicians create these circumstances, then whine like little b*tches about it!
It’s not just Oregon. I live in a state with a Republican governor. At one food distribution site that used to get 500 cars full of people drive up before this shamdemic, they now are getting 4000.
But remember the disease is worse than the cure they say
Actually, the comments at the end of the article by Oregonians are not too kind to the governor.
They'll still vote Rat, anyway.
CRISIS!!!!!!!!!!It’s the liberal gift that keeps on giving. If America acted like this in crisis in the past,we would have no country.
“They’ll still vote rat, anyway.”
That has been historic for stupid Oregon voters to put in dims and then can’t figure out why the state does the opposite of what is good.
My prayer is for a revival of Christianity in this fairly Godless state.
just watch out for small square green ‘food chips’ from any company named Soylent
Not much sympathy, people should have a store of food in their house to be able to stay home for a couple months without needing more than maybe eggs and milk. Even then there’s powdered milk and other substitutes. To piercing to see people having a good bag for food after a couple days. No excuse.
As Great Depression II sets in, millions will starve, but at least we’re flattening the curve!
Yeah Oregonians keep voting those ‘don’t worry we will take care of you’ rats into office...
I wonder where (illegal aliens) all the (homeless people) donated food has gone over (black market) the last few years?
Who woulda thought that crashing our economy would cause supply shortages?
Fascinating...
Let’s stay out longer.
When do the EBT cards run dry...
Oh, I’m sure all the libs employed by government agencies, who get paid regardless of other people’s unemployment problems, are lining up to donate to the food banks! < /sarc >
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