If you’re struggling to find food, you are not alone. The team at Those Nerdy Girls cares and wants to make sure you know how to get help, and if you have extra we want to make sure you know how to help others.
Here are some resources that may help you.
🥫 The Emergency Food Assistance Program (higher incomes allowed than for SNAP) (Instructions for filling out can be viewed here.)
🌻 Urban Farming Institutions for each state and US territory
💊If you have to choose between food and medicine, here are instructions on how to request medications from the pharmaceutical companies
🍎 Give and get food with this community sharing app. It is not yet very active in the US, but it is growing. Start by sharing. Ideas on how to get started
👵 For people over 65 or disabled
🛍 $50 free groceries for SNAP recipients in November with Gopuff. Directions on how to sign up here.
Ride United’s Transportation Access: Reducing Travel Barriers
💛 If you are adequately fed and housed, share the above resources within your communities and review this list that Science Whiz Liz (@sciencewhizliz on Instagram) and friends compiled of other ways you can help.
- Donate money to your local food pantry. Even a few dollars add up. Donate food if that’s easier. But food pantries know how to stretch their donated dollars. Please also check with them about what they actually need.
- Organize a food drive at your work, school, or other community location. But connect to your local pantry to find out what food items they need and can accept.
- Make a meal and drop it off to a family you know is in need.
- Ask your child’s school if you can drop off extra snacks for them to distribute.
- Volunteer to cook for/at a local community meal.
- Call your representatives and tell them you need them to act on healthcare and food access. Food AND healthcare should be part of our basic human rights. Text SIGN PKJTCO to 50409 to send an email to your representatives.
No Kid Hungry has a tool to write to your representative.
🌸Together we can make a difference.🌹
