“Hand out” has a pejorative connotation–undeserved assistance, which may foster dependency. A “hand up,” on the other hand, has a positive ring to it–help toward self-sufficiency. When it comes to senior hunger, this is a false dichotemy. Three out of four people we feed have a low
Read more →One day a social worker came up to me with a story about a woman who, until recently, was one of our meal recipients. The woman has dementia but was living alone and neglecting her health. Eventually she was taken to a hospital, and now she lives
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