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Show CAA Prepared With Help From Food Bank j Being out of food seems an : unlikely situation in this ! rn ... .!- ANOTHER WOMAN with three children had her food to prevent undue suffering while other help is obtained. ; (Uuucni suuiciy, uui ine uir-I uir-I cumstances can arise when : least expected for almost : anyone. ; THE COMMUNITY Action Agency for the Davis County area (CAA), a United Way approved organization, is pre pared to offer a two to three day food supply to individual families in emergency situations, situa-tions, a United Way news re- lease says. fci The program, an outgrowth ij.Vf the annual Sponsors for jvfSanta drive, includes storage lntvf non-perishable foods after riy. 'the Christmas distribution is completed for families with emergency needs. ' YVONNE SPENCER, a CAA worker, says there are many reasons why a person might have need of immediate help even though other agen- stamps stolen and had been eating beets from a neighbors field for three weeks until she heard about the CAA emergency food. Programs like this are possible possi-ble in Davis County because of the generosity of local citizens who contribute food for distribution distri-bution to the needy at Christmas Christ-mas and who make financial contributions through the United Un-ited Way. Larry Burdett, executive director of the Davis County United Way indicated that the emergency food program will receive an allocation of $3,483 in 1982. It is estimated that 1,500 individuals and families will receive help through the Sub for Santa and Emergency Food program. This program is not designed to eliminate the causes of poverty, but rather long-term basis. An increasingly increas-ingly common problem is loss of work. Spencer tells of one family where the husband had been a successful truck driver for many years but had been laid off because of the slowdown in the economy. After 14 months, the family's unemployment compensation had run out, and they were unable to provide food for their child. They called cal-led the agency about help w ith theii utility bills, unaware of the emergency food program, and received food help as well. IN ANOTHER situation, a man in his fifties had left his home state and family looking for w ork. He remembered having hav-ing a pleasant exerience in Utah on a family vacation and headed this way. He had been on the road six weeks, sleeping in his car, using what little work he could get to buy gas. while doing without food. His health had deteriorated to the point no one would employ him, and the employment office referred him to CAA. The food helped to get him back on his feet. Sometimes families which receive food stamps have them delayed for various reasons or have them stolen. One single mother with ten children had her food stamps delayed and as a consequence the children had only the free lunch they were served at school to eat. Those at home had no food. While the food stamp program was resolved, the family sought emergency help. |
