Will Soll
As of this posting, we have 27 people taking the Food Stamp Challenge at CRC. I'm impressed. Not surprised, but impressed.
In the Jewish community, the Food Stamp Challenge is being spearheaded by the good offices of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. When I signed up, I realized that the Challenge was primarily directed to rabbis and cantors—I actually felt a little bit like a party crasher. I'm grateful that we have so many people in our CRC community who have taken this on themselves. This blog is therefore going to feature a variety of voices addressing a variety of hunger-related questions from a variety of angles.
The challenge also serves as a way to raise money to combat hunger. Many of us are donating the additional money we would have spent on food to a local food bank or anti-hunger advocacy organization. You can help, too. A number of us have pages on the JCPA website that allow you to support us, just like you'd support a runner in a race for a cause. If you'd like to sponsor one of us, click here. Whoever you sponsor, your donations support local hunger relief efforts as well as the anti-hunger efforts of JCPA and MAZON.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Welcome
Welcome to CRC's 2012 Food Stamp Challenge!
In response to the challenge of finding enough to eat experienced daily by millions of Americans, more than 35 members and friends of Central Reform Congregation (CRC) have committed to eating on the average food stamp (also called SNAP) allotment of $1.50 per person, per meal for a week: Sunday, November 11 - Saturday, November 17. Other congregations of various faiths around the country are taking the same challenge.
By taking this challenge, we hope to educate ourselves and our communities about the challenges people on food stamps face in putting food on the table. We also hope to strengthen our resolve to fight the problem of hunger, by collecting food and by standing up to threatened cuts to our food safety net programs.
Please check back frequently for blog posts from participating members as they prepare for and then take the challenge. We'll also post other links and facts to keep you thinking. We hope you'll participate in this project by commenting on our posts and sharing what you learn with those around you.
While this group of participants is being organized through CRC, a Reform Jewish congregation in the City of St. Louis, we believe that the experiences we have and the lessons we learn will be informative for all those who are concerned about hunger issues in our communities.
In response to the challenge of finding enough to eat experienced daily by millions of Americans, more than 35 members and friends of Central Reform Congregation (CRC) have committed to eating on the average food stamp (also called SNAP) allotment of $1.50 per person, per meal for a week: Sunday, November 11 - Saturday, November 17. Other congregations of various faiths around the country are taking the same challenge.
By taking this challenge, we hope to educate ourselves and our communities about the challenges people on food stamps face in putting food on the table. We also hope to strengthen our resolve to fight the problem of hunger, by collecting food and by standing up to threatened cuts to our food safety net programs.
Please check back frequently for blog posts from participating members as they prepare for and then take the challenge. We'll also post other links and facts to keep you thinking. We hope you'll participate in this project by commenting on our posts and sharing what you learn with those around you.
While this group of participants is being organized through CRC, a Reform Jewish congregation in the City of St. Louis, we believe that the experiences we have and the lessons we learn will be informative for all those who are concerned about hunger issues in our communities.
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