Well this sucks. I learned from a co-worker that in her community they are starting programs where folks with means can directly supplement the loss of SNAP for folks enrolled in the program...
Well this sucks. I learned from a co-worker that in her community they are starting programs where folks with means can directly supplement the loss of SNAP for folks enrolled in the program locally. In our “where do you find community thread” many people said they didn’t have much local community and I’m wondering if we could do something similar here for our Tildes community. I’m not sure what this could look like, but I’m thinking if just a few of us could support folks via Venmo we might be able to bridge the gap.
Has anyone done anything like this before or is anyone else interested in participating?
Food distribution is logistically immensely complicated and local food banks are better equipped to leverage economies of scale to get more bang for the buck through wholesale agreements. The best...
Food distribution is logistically immensely complicated and local food banks are better equipped to leverage economies of scale to get more bang for the buck through wholesale agreements.
The best bet for helping online is to connect people with local resources and donate to those organizations that work locally. This is one of those things where physical proximity to the point of distribution matters a lot.
Either that or direct cash assistance. But yeah, a lot of mutual aid groups are pulling together and being immediately overwhelmed with both support and requests with the latter being higher...
Either that or direct cash assistance. But yeah, a lot of mutual aid groups are pulling together and being immediately overwhelmed with both support and requests with the latter being higher unfortunately.
This is going to take a lot of work to try to cover for billions of dollars of aid.
Also Parent-Teacher organizations at schools are some of the front liners distributing food and identifying who needs it. They are good places to go if you need direction in something to do. And...
Also Parent-Teacher organizations at schools are some of the front liners distributing food and identifying who needs it. They are good places to go if you need direction in something to do. And it’s not just low income schools either. This shutdown affects a lot of people who would otherwise be pretty financially comfortable, and even in good times a food insecure family doesn’t always look like you’d expect.
Yes! School social workers too. But they're a great resource to find the "where" to lend a hand. I just meant if Tildes wants to help this community, resources are good but those resources will be...
Yes! School social workers too. But they're a great resource to find the "where" to lend a hand.
I just meant if Tildes wants to help this community, resources are good but those resources will be strained and a mutual aid system may be more immediately beneficial and sustainable in a small community like us
Mostly unrelated, I just made the connection between the SNAP halt and the local food bank putting a donation bin at my office. Didn't associate the two earlier. I need to get online and throw...
Mostly unrelated, I just made the connection between the SNAP halt and the local food bank putting a donation bin at my office. Didn't associate the two earlier.
I need to get online and throw them some money. The company will match it.
Well this sucks. I learned from a co-worker that in her community they are starting programs where folks with means can directly supplement the loss of SNAP for folks enrolled in the program locally. In our “where do you find community thread” many people said they didn’t have much local community and I’m wondering if we could do something similar here for our Tildes community. I’m not sure what this could look like, but I’m thinking if just a few of us could support folks via Venmo we might be able to bridge the gap.
Has anyone done anything like this before or is anyone else interested in participating?
Food distribution is logistically immensely complicated and local food banks are better equipped to leverage economies of scale to get more bang for the buck through wholesale agreements.
The best bet for helping online is to connect people with local resources and donate to those organizations that work locally. This is one of those things where physical proximity to the point of distribution matters a lot.
Either that or direct cash assistance. But yeah, a lot of mutual aid groups are pulling together and being immediately overwhelmed with both support and requests with the latter being higher unfortunately.
This is going to take a lot of work to try to cover for billions of dollars of aid.
Also Parent-Teacher organizations at schools are some of the front liners distributing food and identifying who needs it. They are good places to go if you need direction in something to do. And it’s not just low income schools either. This shutdown affects a lot of people who would otherwise be pretty financially comfortable, and even in good times a food insecure family doesn’t always look like you’d expect.
Yes! School social workers too. But they're a great resource to find the "where" to lend a hand.
I just meant if Tildes wants to help this community, resources are good but those resources will be strained and a mutual aid system may be more immediately beneficial and sustainable in a small community like us
Mostly unrelated, I just made the connection between the SNAP halt and the local food bank putting a donation bin at my office. Didn't associate the two earlier.
I need to get online and throw them some money. The company will match it.
Corporate match FTW!