Live on $5-a-day to gain greater understanding of food insecurity.
Last month, several staff members and leaders in our church lived on a food budget of $5 per person per day. A food challenge.
WHY??
We committed to live on a food stamp budget for five days in order to better understand one aspect of poverty in America: the struggle to obtain adequate food. While this brief experiment does not come close to the struggles encountered by local impoverished residents week after week, it did help to provide a new perspective and greater understanding of food insecurity…
…to read the rest of the post and get the guidelines for your own food challenge, continue to the “Food Challenge 2013” on the CPC blog.
I found your blog while browsing the Fellowship of Christian bloggers site, and this post caught my attention. My husband and I plan to do a similar food challenge as part of our “31 days of compassion: Showing compassion locally and globally” series in October.
Your October sounds very interesting! “31 Days of Compassion” will be a great way to connect with the many needs around us. The food challenge helped us to better understand some of issues that impoverished families deal with regularly. What additional things will you be doing? Thanks for stopping by, Miranda! I visited your blog and read about your Dominican mission and upcoming trip. Many blessings as you prepare!
Thanks for sharing Sharon! Love challenges like this!
Great! Let me know how it goes if you get the opportunity to do the Challenge (before the next wrestling season! :-) Thanks for dropping by, Michelle!