hunger and the federal goverment shutdown

I'm not looking to hear about how bad the President is... we all know that I hope. But I'd like to remind our readers that with the shut down, cutting off food supplies to an already overly taxed system is making things so much worse.
Steph and I went to a talk sponsored by the Foundation for MetroWest, it was the Metrowest Women’s Philanthropy Series at the library last night. The topic was MetroWest Hunger Relief Panel and the speakers were Joanne Barry, Exec. Director of A Place to Turn in Natick, Lauren Columbo from Loving Spoonful based in Boston and then Caroline Murphy from the MetroWest Fondation. We heard about traditional ways food panties operate from A Place to Turn in Natick. And Loving Spoonful who picks up perfectly good food from major food stores, caterers and schools and delivers that food to pantries.

The reason I bring that up is that pantries can barley keep up with demand and now with the shut down, 770,000 people in Mass who rely on food stamps will not be getting anything past the end of this month. Not to mention the Coast Guard who is funded by the Dept of Homeland security, is the only branch of the services not getting a pay check. On the Cape, food panties have already distributed 52,000 pounds of food. It's times like these that make me despise our federal government.

I can't stomach the complete disregard for our hungry people many of whom are veterans with families. Kids in school who are on the WICK program. And every senior citizen who lives on short money every month. This IS a national disgrace and the longer it goes, the likelihood of people breaking the law for food is greater.
 I wish more well-off people would pay some attention to this crisis as it will only be a matter of a few days before it becomes a nightmare for every Town and city in Mass.
There will be a rally for federal employees at 11:45 am across from Post Office Square in Boston. I'd love to do something here as well.