concrete love
1/20/14 to whom it may concern
As a long time Meals on Wheels volunteer in Hazelwood, I want to point out the vital importance of this program to this neighborhood. Those of us paying attention know of the growing income gap in our society, but a street level experience of it has served to highlight to me how concrete the impacts the decisions we make are.
As one of the founders of the beginnings of hopefully many more community gardens here (and, along with others envisioning improving the nutritional status of the Meals on Wheels program by integrating into it some locally grown fresh produce from local gardens) I have found there are cultural barriers to health in all of our community - both with those on the receiving AND on the giving end. The recipients of Meals on Wheels (both paying and non-paying) are valuable or potentially valuable contributors to our world. Falling into the category of being "in need" is not a choice any of us makes, but it happens to everyone eventually. We all want a stable, healthy home, neighborhood and world. But this is only possible to the extent that those in the role of potential givers at the moment drop any conscious or unconscious mindsets about those we can help. We are all blessed as we help, since the humanity, intelligence, and desire to be of service of those we help returns to each of us one way or the other.
Jim McCue
As a long time Meals on Wheels volunteer in Hazelwood, I want to point out the vital importance of this program to this neighborhood. Those of us paying attention know of the growing income gap in our society, but a street level experience of it has served to highlight to me how concrete the impacts the decisions we make are.
As one of the founders of the beginnings of hopefully many more community gardens here (and, along with others envisioning improving the nutritional status of the Meals on Wheels program by integrating into it some locally grown fresh produce from local gardens) I have found there are cultural barriers to health in all of our community - both with those on the receiving AND on the giving end. The recipients of Meals on Wheels (both paying and non-paying) are valuable or potentially valuable contributors to our world. Falling into the category of being "in need" is not a choice any of us makes, but it happens to everyone eventually. We all want a stable, healthy home, neighborhood and world. But this is only possible to the extent that those in the role of potential givers at the moment drop any conscious or unconscious mindsets about those we can help. We are all blessed as we help, since the humanity, intelligence, and desire to be of service of those we help returns to each of us one way or the other.
Jim McCue
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