Seseame Street special presentation on food insecurities
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
United States
October 6, 2011 10:03am CST
For those that may remember a few months back I posted a story from 60 min about the kids in poverty in Florida who were living in motels or were homeless. And some were in disbelief that America the land of plenty has people homeless and no less kids growing up that way due to the economy.
The globally known kids show Sesame Street is now going to have a special on tv October 9, 2011 explaining how hard it is for many families to have enough money to pay bills let alone eat. I hope it is a good explaination of it as it's hard to explain to kids about going to a food pantry with out feeling bad or why a classmate steals their snacks and school supplies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/04/us-sesamestreet-idUSTRE7935LU20111004
2 responses
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
6 Oct 11
My dear, the whole world is in a recession that may get worse. I see this all the time but it is more in the ghetto city areas than in the rest of the country as we plant food and share. even the smallest garden will have yams and potatoes growing and a few banana trees.
I am getting ready to grow potatoes in old tyres as the price of food is so high. Even if we plant and grow in pots it can save money. My heart goes out to the hungry children in the world. They did not ask to be born but we have to feed them. If we can identify one child to help then we should help that child.
Parents can ask teachers if there are any hugry kids and snacks or food could be donated to the teacher who would distribute to the hungry children privately. As a former teacher working in a third world country I can tell you that hungry children are listless and cannot learn. The cycle of poverty is then passed on to the next generation
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
24 Nov 11
You are right that doing what we can for each other is the right way to do things with prices climbing on the necessities every day.
There is a program at one of the schools in our district where they put some food to help the families out who receive free or reduced lunches. However, I made phone calls to get that program to the school where my kids go but no luck. As it upset me that they wanted donations to that school for that program when I can tell you for a fact there are plenty of kids at our school (including mine) who would benefit from this program. But that is a good idea about asking the teachers to donate snacks, though I know some of the teachers have asked parents to donate supplies to the classroom including snacks.
