Soup Kitchens and Food Pantries Suffer Largely Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

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The coronavirus has taken hold of the United States and is starting to exert pressures on those most in need.  If you have stockpiled toilet paper along with other food, count your blessings.  If you have a roof over your head, count your blessings.  If you have food in your refrigerator, count your blessings.



For those who rely on fantastic relief organizations such as food kitchens and food pantries, the coronavirus has had an indirect strong negative impact as reported by Politico Agriculture:

The coronavirus pandemic is squeezing food pantries and soup kitchens in New York City. Volunteers are staying home and dozens of facilities have shuttered even as the number of homebound people in need of meal deliveries has skyrocketed. POLITICO New York's Sally Goldenberg has the story.

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During this time of containment, please stay inside your home unless supplies are urgently needed.  Instead of sitting around thinking about the restrictions which have been replaced on you, play a game of gratitude.  What are you grateful for?  Take the time to learn what your children have been learning in school?  Educate and yourself about history.  How?



Use the opportunity to look back at other times in history where pandemics have hit our nation and others.  How does this pandemic compare in tragedies?  How many people were impacted overall?  Compare those numbers to the relative population (i.e., the population at the time).  You may be surprised at the news media statistics which are being reported.  Not to minimize the reports.


Most of all, stay safe and grateful for life.