MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

I often wonder how America, which has become one of the greatest nations on earth, sends some of its' children to bed hungry every night. How does this happen, when the stores are stocked full of all the finest foods anywhere to be found, and yet a mother cannot place that bounty and goodness on her table for her children to eat for lack of the kindness this nation claims to have? The sad fact is that too many Americans hate the poor, ignore the hunger and want that go on in this country, while rushing to the aid of other countries. Not that they shouldn't, but home first. When no child is without a meal to be had here in this country, then pay attention to others. Stop running over seas, to other countries, where they have an "excuse", that of war, famine and drought, to be needy, while you think that here in this rich nation, everyone should be working, taking care of their reproductive health, not having babies they can't feed and house, while turning a blind eye to the rampant racism and neglect that goes on here. There is no reason there should hunger and want in America, except for the hunger and want in our souls. I am not a rich person by any stretch of the imagination, but it just struck me that I can donate some few dollars at the grocery store where we shop to help feed the hungry.

My New Year's resolution has nothing to do with the ton of weight I need to lose, but it's to contribute every time my sis and I go to the grocery store to make our purchases, to donate what few dollars I can so that others might eat. I wish that everyone would think about this whenever they go grocery shopping; stop and donate what you can, even if just a dollar, each time you go. Or find an organization which feeds children and donate to it. Start a change jar and put no pennies in it, just silver and dollar bills, save it for a month, then donate it to a food bank and start another. Sometimes work places force their employees to pledge donations to United Way. Stop that and organize a monthly fund for the local food banks and donate to them instead. Have charity at home before you give away from home as there is plenty here to be done.

Thank you Marian Wright Edelman for all your years of service, bless you and yours on this Christmas day.