To the rescue

Sometimes, you just have to point out the positive. From The Star-Ledger:

On Monday, Elijah’s Promise soup kitchen announced it would have to stop serving lunch on Tuesdays because, with donations down and demand on the rise, the agency could no longer afford to meet the demand.

But today, after an influx of donations totaling $7,000, the New Brunswick charity said it will be able to restore that weekly meal, at least through January.

And yet, that the soup kitchen needed the sudden deluge of money, that it is seeing a rise in demand at a time when fewer people can donate and it takes an emergency to change the dynamic…. But let’s focus on the positive for a moment.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet