I have finally caught up with this on my travels out today ... the unmanned collection point to donate food in the local supermarket has been removed ... in the life of plenty or in our bubbles some do not get the concept of little, when life is a daily struggle to some, through no fault of theirs.
My husband had to busk at one point, in time. At the time it was not always understood.
We had one donation of food from a church. It is was not easily accessible or consistent then. When it started to appear post crisis, I naturally supported it, even though I still do not have much, myself.
Throughout our childhood, for my husband the Salvation Army, for myself when I was a Brownie, Guide, Young Leader and those school years or attending church, we do it through various means to help those in the communities. Or sending shoe boxes of other goodies, to far off places, etc.
It is now a loss to not have that point to leave food. I will pop in my local bank, who had a collection point long before the local superstore did, to see if it is still there. I hardly go in there these days.
With the amount of food tossed. The inequalities in the world. Fortunately there are plenty of us who quietly or publically campaign, so I am sure it will be back, one way or another.
I have also had the opportunity to volunteer at our sorting point, ready to distribute, I am still struggling to get rid of the other excesses in life of another who was unwell.
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