I participated in my first food-share today.

[LLStarks]

I was handing out food and clothes today in Hempstead, Long Island with the Food Not Bombs movement and other Hofstra students.

[endless october]

1. k/r

[madmom]

2. I can imagine how good you feel about yourself right now !...

:yourock:

[LLStarks]

7. I feel great and sure the rest of the Progressive Student Union who showed up does too. nt

[dana_b]

3. Love FNB

great organization and anyone can open one if they get the permission/permit of the city they are in. I particpated in the San Francisco FNB for a bit.

Good for you!!

[wellstone dem]

4. Thank you for doing this.

So many kids lost reduced school meals, and parents lost work hours, due to the snow. This is really needed.

[Fire1]

5. Rewarding, I'm sure. n/t

[LLStarks]

6. You completely forget about the cold since you're mind is focused on helping people.

It didn't help that I had forgone gloves and hiking boots.

Nevertheless, it is kind of sad to see about 100 hungry and/or destitute people bumrush the tables for an hour straight. We had ridiculous amounts of bread and bananas (40 crates!) today and people were still shoving. I could see myself doing the same thing if I was in their position and trying to feed a family.