bakechef
Executive Chef
Out of my $168 a month in food stamps. I buy two very large boxes of cereal and a two pound bag of rice for our local food bank at the church. I allot $10 for the food bank. Those three items alone eat up eight dollars. I may have to increase the alloted amount in a month or two. I started out with alotting five dollars. That lasted about one year. Then it started to creep up.
The reason for the cereal is that I want to make sure some children will have a breakfast in their tummies before they head out the door to school. And the rice is so that a family will have at least one staple that will feed the whole family for more than one meal.
Addie, you've inspired me! I have always made random donations to the food bank when there were pantry items not being used. Now I am putting a box in the bottom of my pantry and am going to pick up non-perishable foods every week to put in it. I will make a run once a month to the food bank with my loot. I am committing $5 per week and will make it a challenge to see how far I can make that $5 go. Being a savvy shopper, I should be able to make that money count!