Food For Thought

We all know there hovers an economic crisis as of recent. But before this chaotic epidemic broke out like a bad rash, have we ever stopped to consider many of the world’s problems that are looming indefinitely for the less fortunate? Perhaps. How many of us actually act on it, on a consistent basis? 

Consider this. Let’s not even talk about the numbers globally. People tend to relate much better when they talk about things closer to home.  In New York, there are 1.5 million people living in poverty (that’s almost an eighth). Meaning, they are struggling to be fed, to get shelter, barely surviving and hardly affording their basic necessities. 

I don’t care how badly the markets have crashed and how much of your stocks have been dwindled. When you’re still able to dine out, to live comfortably, and to have the opportunities to create a better life, it’s really not that bad. Then, it’s also not too much to think of a less fortunate and help to facilitate a cause that does not necessarily result in your personal materialistic gain. 

On a lighter, but related note, Mary and I attended City Harvest’s annual Bid Against Hunger event. Hundreds of restaurants participated. The night was transformed into a gianormous tasting menu, with live and silent auctions (I ALMOST won a bid for four tickets to the Jets game in December). All proceeds go to help City Harvest, world’s first, and New York’s only food rescue organization. 

~ by chimera223 on October 22, 2008.