Posted on 06/22/2022 11:22:48 AM PDT by EBH
Ohio's food banks are struggling to keep shelves stocked amid rising costs and supply-chain disruptions.
But those same issues are pushing even more people to turn to them for help. Why it matters: More than 1.5 million Ohioans — one in eight of our neighbors — go hungry, according to Feeding America.
The Ohio Association of Foodbanks says that some banks have been forced into rationing. State of play: The association's leaders are now urging lawmakers to spend federal pandemic relief funds or other cash reserves to address the critical need.
Ohio has nearly $2 billion in remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds, they note. The state's rainy day fund has an unprecedented $7.4 billion, per a Pew States report. Food banks are requesting $50 million immediately, plus $133 million in long-term relief to prepare for a recession. How it works: Food banks distribute food to community pantries that they obtain from manufacturers, retailers and farmers at a lower cost.
They're especially important when local donations to pantries can't keep up with demand. Zoom in: The Dublin Food Pantry is serving 2,200 individuals a month, three times their pre-pandemic output, executive director Denise "Dinky" Youngsteadt-Parrish tells Axios.
The nonprofit has outgrown Dublin Community Church, its home for 46 years, and will soon move to a larger location to meet demand. What they're saying: Eggs, meat and milk are in short supply.
"If we don't have any milk today, some volunteers will run out and buy it" Youngsteadt-Parrish says. "They don't want to be the person who says, 'I'm sorry, we don't have this.'" What's next: The food banks' proposal is "being reviewed," a spokesperson for Gov. Mike DeWine tells Axios, though state lawmakers are on summer recess until September.
The spokesperson also noted the rainy day fund is "meant to stabilize the state budget in downturns; therefore, it is not prudent to use that fund for other purposes." What we're watching: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are currently boosted, but will return to normal once the federal pandemic relief emergency expires, possibly as early as mid-July.
How to help: A cash donation makes the most impact. Central Ohio's regional food bank is Mid-Ohio Food Collective.
According to their news letter, in which they ask for more money, Oregon Food Bank has so much money they are giving it out to other (democrat) causes.
We have had several food bank surfers here in our rental home on the farm . We stood amazed at the way they wasted nearly everything they brought home from the trips to the food banks . Potatoes,oranges,grapefruits,, you name it , they left them on the porch out in the rain and sun to get ruined . When they moved out they left whole rooms of canned and boxed food as well as the fridge and freezer full . And yes they all were huge people . I would not give one cent to a food bank after seeing the horrible waste . I came from a family that believed that “the waster is companion to the destroyer “.
“one in eight of our neighbors — go hungry”
Bogus statistic. Show me how many people in Ohio died last year with “starvation” as the cause of death.
Get rid of the Food Banks, Immediately Abolish the Food Stamp program, setup a Soup Kitchen on every corner that needs one. Hand out trash bags to the people that are hungry and tell them to bring it back full of trash for their bowl of soup and slice of bread.
I used to work the ghettos of Cincinnati. In the West End there were four different places to get complete free family turkey dinners. You could buy turkeys for $5 on the street. I live pretty close to town. I overdid the garden and could give them fresh produce but am sure they’d reject the offer.
I would venture to guess they all supported the Biden ticket.
Hold your hand out to him folks.
Better still, go to any mall in Ohio and try to count the 1 in 8 bs.
Exactly.
“Food insecurity” = donate now!
(Btw, go through the trash of these elitist do-gooders-with-your-money and you’ll find more than enough food they could have given to the “hungry” — although the “hungry” probably have no interest in yellowed kale...)
I use to give food to the bums hanging out on the parking lot corner. Up until I watched a regular throw all the food I gave him (this was food I had just gotten from the grocery store) in to the garbage and saw another bum another time who yelled at someone for being a “bleepin’ cheapskate.” I have no sympathy anymore. I see people with massive amounts of food in their carts as they whip out their SNAP WIC card and pass a food bank by my office and see people loading up. I am tapped out.
Are they talking about their plea or are they saying that they plead? I don’t care to read the article because they can’t write an appropriate headline.
Assios is a liberal publication.
It is not inflation. It is Biden policy to destroy energy production in the hopes of destroying the US.
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