Alongo akuyambitsa chakudya cha Barberton, kutumiza monga Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank ikufuna mabwenzi ambiri ammudzi – Nkhani – Akron Beacon Journal

Mkati mwa chipinda chapansi cha Charity Christian Church ku Barberton, Anthu odzipereka amakhazikitsa zakudya zosiyanasiyana m'mitsuko ya chakudya cha mabanja omwe ali osowa.

Chifukwa alongo a Farris, amayi awo ndi ena amasamutsa kukhitchini, gawo lililonse lili ndi mbiri yake komanso nkhani yake. Nyumbayi imakonda masoseji am'mawa. Nyumbayi ili ndi ana, ndipo nyumbayi ilibe malire.

Mkati mwa mliri - pomwe zakudya zambiri zatsekedwa - Lila ndi Grace Farris akukweza zopanda phindu zawo zatsopano ndikupanga kulumikizana ndi anthu omwe amawatumikira..

“Ndife okondwa kuchitira banja lililonse ndi munthu ngati munthu,” Lila Farris adatero. “Tikufuna kulumikizana ndi anthu amgulu lathu ndikuwonetsetsa kuti akudziwa kuti timawakonda.”

Lila, 21, ndi Grace, 17, mothandizidwa ndi amayi awo, Kellie, ali m'magawo oyamba akukweza zopanda phindu zawo zatsopano, Supu Wagon Aid. Alongowo anayamba kugwira ntchito ndi banki ya Zakudya Yachigawo ya Akron-Canton mu April, komabe akhala akupanga chakudya kwa zaka ziwiri.

Katie Carver Reed, mtsogoleri wa anthu ammudzi ndi phukusi, adati ntchito zing'onozing'ono ngati izi “kugunda kwamtima kwa dera lathu pawonetsero wathunthu.” Komabe ndi zakudya amafuna mochulukira monga kale, Ambiri mwa anzawo othandizira njala ku Foodbank akutseka zitseko zawo chifukwa cha coronavirus.

Gulu la Foodbank lili ndi pafupifupi 500 zovala zamkati, masamba owopsa a chakudya, malo ogona ndi mapaketi omwe amapereka chakudya chake kwa anthu omwe akusowa.

Mu 2020, 19 mwa phukusi izi zasiya kugwira ntchito. Carver Reed adanena za 70 mapaketi osiyanasiyana atsekedwa pang'ono poyankha COVID-19.

Ambiri mwa gulu la Foodbank amakhala ndi mabungwe ang'onoang'ono omwe ali ndi antchito ongodzipereka okha.. Mabungwe ang'onoang'ono awa akufunidwa kutsogolo kuti atumize chakudya, makamaka tsopano pamene kufunika kuli mopambanitsa, Carver Reed adatero.

Poyankha chidziwitso kuchokera ku Foodbank, kugawa chakudya kumakhalabe 20% kuchuluka kuposa komaliza 12 miyezi m'dera lake lonse la zigawo zisanu ndi zitatu. Feeding America akuyerekeza a 41% kusintha pakati pa anthu osiyanasiyana omwe akuvutika ndi njala m'dera la Foodbank, ndi a 51% kusintha ana osowa.

Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank imathandizira Carroll, Holmes, Madina, Portage, Kwambiri, Msonkhano, Magawo a Tuscarawas ndi Wayne.

Za 270,000 anthu mkati mwa malo a Foodbank sadziwa komwe chakudya chawo chotsatira chidzachokera, kuchokera 190,000 chomaliza 12 miyezi, kuyankha ku Foodbank.

“Tsopano, mkati mwa nkhondo yabwino iyi, ndi dera lathu lomwe lili pamavuto akulu, timakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kukhudzidwa kwa COVID-19,” Purezidenti ndi CEO Dan Flowers adatero m'mawu atolankhani. “Nthowa yimoza yo tingagwiriskiya ntchitu ntchitu yeniyi ndi kuperekeka anyawu anyaki mu boti kuti tizuziki umampha. Nyumba zatchalitchi, mabungwe amagulu ndi mabungwe othandizira amtundu uliwonse amafunidwa kuti atigwire ngati amzawo ogawa.”

Carver Reed adati odzipereka ambiri ndi gawo la madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha COVID-19, pamodzi ndi anthu opuma. Akakhala mkati kuti akhale otetezeka, zingayambitse kuchepa kwa anthu ogwira ntchito.

Kupyolera mu 2008 ngozi yandalama, madzi amafuna spikes, komabe zakudya zopangira zakudya zidakula momwe zimakhudzira kufunikira, Maluwa adanena.

Carver Reed adanenanso kuti panalibe zovuta zofanana zokhudzana ndi chitetezo komanso kusamvana, zomwe zitha kulepheretsa anthu kukwaniritsa zofunikira nthawi ino.

Anatinso anzawo atsopano othandizira njala monga alongo a Farris ndizomwe zimafunikira.

“Iwo amadziwa aliyense amene amamutumikira ndi udindo. Amadziwa ngati ali ndi mtundu kapena ayi,” Carver Reed adatero. “Izi sizikungowabweretsera chakudya; ndi za kutchula iwo.”

Soup Wagon Aid imaperekedwa kwa mabanja asanu ndi atatu Lachinayi usiku, ndi avareji 12 kwa mabanja khumi ndi asanu mwezi uliwonse, ena akulandira katundu wambiri, Kellie Farris adatero. Munda uliwonse uyenera kupereka mabanja osachepera masiku angapo a kadzutsa, nkhomaliro ndi chakudya chamadzulo.

Lila Farris adati amayi ake ndiwo adamulimbikitsa iye ndi Grace kuti ayambe kudzipereka. Pamodzi banja linkapita kumadera omwe ali osowa ndikuwapatsa chakudya.

Alongowo sanakonze zoti ayambe kubweretsa chakudya pa mliri, “zinangokhala ngati zinachitika choncho,” Lila anatero. Komabe, adanenanso kuti adakondwera ndi chiyembekezo chothandizira anthu omwe sangachoke m'nyumba zawo.

Ananenanso kuti apeza njira yabwino kwambiri yotumizira mosatekeseka, ndikulemekeza malire a anthu mu COVID-19.

Kupereka zakudya tsopano ndikofunikira kwa anthu ena omwe ali ndi vuto lazakudya omwe ali m'malo omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha COVID-19., kuwonjezera pa omwe alibe zoyendera, adatero.

Kellie Farris adati wogwira ntchito m'malesitilanti omwe adakumana naye ali ndi njinga yopita mumzinda wonse kupita kuntchito yake, zomwe zachepetsa maola ake mkati mwa kuchepa kwachuma.

Lila Farris adati bungwe laling'ono lopanda phindu lili ndi anthu ambiri omwe akufuna kupereka. Mlungu uliwonse amatumiza malemba ndikupeza zopereka kuchokera ku gulu kuti apereke kwa anthu omwe akusowa.

Mliriwu wapangitsa kuphunzira pa ntchentche. Zimadzetsanso kuzinthu zina zodabwitsa, monga kugawira mapepala akuchipinda chopumira operekedwa pofikira anthu, Kellie Farris adatero.

Kuphatikiza apo, amapita kugulu kukafufuza omwe akufuna thandizo lawo.

Lila Farris adati cholinga chachikulu ndikubweretsa, koma kuwonjezera apo, amakhala ndi chakudya. Anati BLC Roofing imalipira kugula kwawo zakudya zambiri kuchokera ku Foodbank, nthawi zambiri amakwaniritsa zomwe amagulitsa ogulitsa akafuna.

Soup Wagon Aid idapeza zopanda phindu zake miyezi ingapo yapitayo, ndipo ikugwira ntchito mwa njira yosinthira kukhala gulu lovomerezeka. Idzakula kukhala ambulera pazantchito zonse zomwe alongo amachita, adatero.

Zoyenera tsopano, bungwe lopanda phindu limapereka ma radius angapo a mphindi 30 kwa anthu omwe ali pafupi ndi Barberton ndi Norton..

Grace Farris adati zitha kukhala zovuta nthawi zina, makamaka popeza akuphunzira pamene akupita limodzi, komabe kuonjezerapo kumapindulitsa.

“Nthawi zambiri zimakhala zotopetsa kuwona zovuta zonse zomwe anthu amakumana nazo, komabe ndi zolimbikitsa muuzimu kuwona zomwe gawo laling'ono lazakudya lingachite m'moyo wa wina ndi zomwe kusonyeza chikondi pang'ono kungachite.,” adatero.

Flowers ananena kuti n’zosangalatsa kuona achinyamata akugwira ntchito imeneyi panthawi yovuta kwambiri.. Anati nthawi yakale imapanga ambiri amdera lawo, komabe kuti nthawi yotsatilayi ya achinyamata ikukhala “adaleredwa kuti azidzipereka” monga sanawonepo kale.

Poyankha ku Foodbank, mabwenzi atsopano othandizira njala ndi ofunikira kwambiri kuti achotse malire pazakudya, pamodzi ndi mayendedwe, momwe zakudya zimatsegukira komanso zoletsa momwe banja lingapitirire ku pulogalamu.

Kukhala membala wa gulu la Foodbank kumatha kupatsa anzawo mwayi woti apereke, zida zamkaka ndi zophika buledi, pamodzi ndi zakudya zosiyanasiyana zokhazikika pashelufu. Imaperekanso mwayi wolowera ku chakudya chomwe boma limapereka, ndi kuphunzitsa njira zina.

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Carver Reed adati kufunikira kwa chakudya komanso kwa anzawo othandizira njala kwakwera kwambiri.. Komabe, adanena kuti akutumikira, ndikuchita ndi Foodbank, zitha kukhala zophweka kuposa momwe anthu amaganizira.

“Tonse mwina timadziwa wina yemwe akufuna thandizo,” Carver Reed adatero. “Ndipo ife tikhoza kukhala anthu owathandiza.”

Anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi kuphunzira zambiri za Soup Wagon Aid kapena kupereka ku zopanda phindu atha kupita ku cbcbarberton.com/video. Anthu omwe ali ndi mafunso kapena omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi ntchito yodzipereka amathanso kutumiza imelo m.soupwagonrelief@gmail.com.

Pezani mtolankhani Sean McDonnell ku 330-996-3186 kapena smcdonnell@thebeaconjournal.com.