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Some 40% of households in Maine struggled to afford essentials in 2023, according to the ALICE report. Taking care of whoever needs it, without stigma, is a driving principle for the Maine Needs organization. #community #foodinsecurity #maine

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2026/0326/maine-needs-household-goods?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Stories of Hope and Progress @stories-of-hope-and-progress-csmonitor

Mainers in need of basic household goods find a community overflowing with generosity

Maine Needs began as a Facebook group aiding immigrants. It now helps tens of thousands of other people as well – with volunteers lining up in droves.

The Christian Science Monitor

Canayjun 1d ago

$200K grant helps Burlington’s Food For Life feed more people. #charity #foodinsecurity #volunteering
https://www.insidehalton.com/news/food-for-life-celebrates-improvements/article_add31d99-d798-595c-ae21-fc66d03fe01f.html

$200K grant helps Burlington’s Food For Life feed more people

Local charity marked expansion, supported by Ontario Trillium Foundation, at Burlington’s Next Door Social Space.

InsideHalton.com

CBC Windsor 1d ago

How these southwestern Ontario farmers are stepping up to fight global hunger
Farmers in southwestern Ontario say it's more important now than ever to help a growing number of people experiencing hunger and food insecurity around the world. On Wednesday, many learned firsthand the impact their crops, seeds and donations are making for people affected by geopo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/how-these-southwestern-ontario-farmers-are-stepping-up-to-fight-global-hunger-9.7141992?cmp=rss

Elizabeth Eiler 2d ago

'Evictions, repossessions, empty refrigerators': TSA officers barely surviving on $1 paychecks as shutdown drags on, lines grow. How long can it last?
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/tsa-officers-barely-surviving-on-1-paychecks-as-shutdown-drags-on-airport-security-lines-grow-how-long-can-it-last “I’ve heard from officers who cannot afford co-payments for cancer treatments,” Barker told Atlanta News First. #tsa #shutdown #foodinsecurity #economy #money #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #GOP #NoRepublicansEverAgain

TSA officers barely surviving on $1 paychecks as shutdown drags on, airport security lines grow. How long can it last?

As absences rise and spring break crowds grow, the financial crisis is becoming an airport operations problem.

Moneywise

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo 2d ago

How these southwestern Ontario farmers are stepping up to fight global hunger
Farmers in southwestern Ontario say it's more important now than ever to help a growing number of people experiencing hunger and food insecurity around the world. On Wednesday, many learned firsthand the impact their crops, seeds and donations are making for people affected by geopo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/how-these-southwestern-ontario-farmers-are-stepping-up-to-fight-global-hunger-9.7141992?cmp=rss

CBC London 2d ago

How these southwestern Ontario farmers are stepping up to fight global hunger
Farmers in southwestern Ontario say it's more important now than ever to help a growing number of people experiencing hunger and food insecurity around the world. On Wednesday, many learned firsthand the impact their crops, seeds and donations are making for people affected by geopo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/how-these-southwestern-ontario-farmers-are-stepping-up-to-fight-global-hunger-9.7141992?cmp=rss

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Miguel Branco 2d ago

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Home • Missouri Independent 4d ago

Tax credits for food donations debated by Missouri House committee

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/tax-credits-for-food-donations-debated-by-missouri-house-committee/

Tax credits for food donations debated by Missouri House committee • Missouri Independent

Missouri residents can receive state income tax credits on donations to food pantries, homeless shelters and soup kitchens. Two bills seeking to make adjustments to those credits were discussed Monday afternoon by a Missouri House committee. One bill, introduced by Republican state Rep. John Voss of Cape Girardeau, would eliminate the Dec. 31 expiration date […]

Missouri Independent

CBC Montreal Mar 20

He spent over 35 years helping Montreal’s West Island. Now he’s taking time for himself
Kim Reid founded On Rock Community Services, a Pierrefonds-based non-profit that helps people in the West Island dealing with food insecurity. At 67 years old, he’s passing on the responsibility to his daughter, who’s been running the group’s thrift store.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7136981?cmp=rss

The Electronic Intifada Mar 20

Israelis kill family -- then gloat

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israelis-kill-family-then-gloat