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To: LindyBill who wrote (307496)	5/29/2009 5:37:11 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793782

Alert...look what's coming to your phone: I think you are more correct than you know Bill. We got a call tonight from a group: "Emergency Feeding"...They were looking for donations, and a nice, sweet, fast talking young woman was all enthusiastic about this group...Told me that there were 88,000+ in King County alone who needed food.... I asked her who was supporting them. She couldn't tell me, but would send written info IF I was going to make a donation. (Stamps are expensive, etc) I asked her "How could that number possibly be correct. I mentioned that since FDR there had been numerous agencies delivering free food, including churches, missions, and all sorts of other volunteer groups. I also asked her how it could be that TRILLIONS of dollars have been spent on the poor and "underserved" since FDR, and more current, since the 1960's with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society that was to fix everything permanently...no more food worried, no more medical worries, no more housing worries, etc etc etc.... Obviously she didn't know any of that, and couldn't answer me. I told her I contribute to at least three charities directly, and drop food in the bins at our local grocery store. So I'd look them up.... I did.... WHO IS FUNDING this group...? Is this one of the ACORN groups? It's a much bigger thing than I realized....If the Government is giving so much money to all of these already, why are citizens being called to ask for more, other than they think they can? First, the first group.... (check out the link...you will find it "interesting..." emergencyfeeding.org In addition to the food stamp provisions, in the domestic nutrition area the new law also includes: • $1.26 billion over the 2008 to 2017 period in additional funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). This funding will help emergency feeding organizations such as food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens meet increasing demand and rising food prices; • $1 billion over the 2009 to 2017 periodfor the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, which provides free fresh fruits and vegetables, typically as snacks, to children in schools, with a focus on schools with a high share of students from low-income families; and • Numerous provisions that reauthorize or amend several small domestic nutrition programs. cbpp.org • About • Areas of Research • Policy Basics • Experts • Donate • Press Room • Jobs • RSS • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities • 820 First Street, NE, Suite 510 • Washington, DC 20002 • Ph: 202-408-1080 • Fax: 202-408-1056 • center@cbpp.org • Copyright © 2008 - 2009 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. All rights reserved. • Created by Matrix Group International, Inc.