Here’s your latest on the food-insecure children all about us. Again, I am waiting to be introduced to just one of them before I can take this seriously. Today’s article sort of articulates why.
Watauga County wants a summer feeding program, which sounds a little like the creation of a slop trough for little farm animals. With all our sensitivity training, we can surely sloganeer something offering a little more dignity, were that our intention. As one common-tater pointed out, the problem seems to be more one of maximizing federal receipts by directing food away from the most needy – rather than making sure no child endures avoidable suffering.
