People are trying to stretch paychecks further, as costs continue to grow at an alarming rate.
Some are facing worse situations, looking for ways to make unemployment checks cover the expenses that barely stand still long enough to be counted.
Gas prices are huge, power costs ballooning, other utilities are going up, http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121142312179830.xml&coll=7 , food prices are pushing families to find other ways of stocking their kitchens http://news.opb.org/article/2185-nw-food-banks-fill-gap-prices-rise/ .
The extra few dollars needed here, and few more there, add up quickly when they are coming from all sides. The pressure makes folks make some hard decisions.
“Unable to afford proper pet food, they share their own, robbing themselves of nutrition.”
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1211505912164930.xml&coll=7&thispage=1
There is some help coming to the pet-owners, organizations coming together to help keep the pets fed through this rough time. This is community support, finding a local answer to these problems, with the help of non-profits to administer. We must strive to take care of our own as best we can, lend a hand (or a dollar) as we can.
“The food bank seeks donations of unopened, unexpired cat or kitten food. The food will be made available to cat owners in financial need living in any
http://www.koin.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d9295616-5eba-4f8b-91ed-5a349121f3ef
I hope other communities are finding ways to lend support as well.
1 comment:
Moon is so beautiful, just the sweetest face, and the ordeal she has endured......We are doing a food drive up here, whoops not true.. it has been mentioned by a commissioner to NHS and they said " What a wonderful idea" that does not mean it is an action item. Oreo had written a short piece on that and mentioned just droping a bag of decent food off at someones door discreetly. It would be the humane thing to do, help the family keep the pet and by giving animal food directly they avoid having the label of
" spending money foolishly on pet food" I have heard that comment in markets where people had pet food in the cart and bought their food with stamps. Or like us, eating far to much mac & cheese. I think sharing is good for the soul...It is indeed a time to bind together.
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