Oodade basungula indawo yokutya yaseBarberton, ukuhanjiswa njengoko i-Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank ifuna amaqabane amaninzi oluntu – Iindaba – I-Akron Beacon Journal

Ngaphakathi kumgangatho ongaphantsi weCharity Christian Church eBarberton, Amavolontiya aseka uluhlu olubanzi lokutya kwizikhongozeli zokutya kumakhaya asweleyo.

Kuba oodade baseFarris, umama wabo nabanye batshintshela ngapha kwekhitshi, intsimi nganye inegama kunye nengxelo. Eli khaya liyazithanda iisoseji zesidlo sakusasa. Lo mzi unabantwana, kwaye loo ndlu ayinalo uluhlu.

Ngaphakathi kwesibetho - xa uninzi lweepantries zokutya zivaliwe - uLila noGrace Farris banyusa ingeniso yabo entsha kwaye benza unxibelelwano nabantu ababasebenzelayo..

“Sinenzondelelo yokuphatha umzi ngamnye nomntu ngamnye njengomntu,” ULila Farris uthe. “Sinqwenela ukwenza unxibelelwano nabantu kwiqela lethu kwaye siqinisekise ukuba bayazi ukuba sibakhathalele.”

Lila, 21, kunye nobabalo, 17, ngoncedo lukamama wabo, Kellie, kwizigaba zokuqala zokunyuka kokungenzi nzuzo kwabo okutsha, Soup Wagon Aid. Oodade baqalisa ukusebenza neAkron-Canton Regional Food Bank ngoAprili, nangona kunjalo bebesenza ukutya isithuba esimalunga neminyaka emibini.

UKatie Carver Reed, umlawuli wamaqabane oluntu kunye neepakethe, imisebenzi emincinci echazwe ngolu hlobo “ukubetha kwentliziyo yoluntu lwethu kumboniso opheleleyo.” Nangona kunjalo ngokutya ufuna ukugqithisa njengakuqala, Uninzi lwamaqabane e-Foodbank anceda indlala avala iminyango yawo ngenxa ye-coronavirus.

Uluntu lweFoodbank lubandakanya malunga 500 iipantri, iiwebhusayithi zokutya ezitshisayo, iindawo zokuhlala kunye neepakethi ezihambisa ukutya kwayo kubantu abasweleyo.

Kwi 2020, 19 kwezi phakheji ziyekile ukusebenza. UCarver Reed uthe malunga 70 iipakethe ezahlukeneyo zivaliwe hayi ngaphantsi kokufutshane ekuphenduleni i-COVID-19.

Uninzi loluntu lweFoodbank lubandakanya isisa esincinci esinabasebenzi abangamavolontiya kuphela.. Ezi zibonelelo zincinci zifunwa kumgca ongaphambili ukuthumela ukutya ngenqanawa, ngakumbi ngoku xa imfuneko igqithise kakhulu, UCarver Reed uthe.

Ukuphendula kulwazi oluvela kwiFoodbank, ukutya ukwabiwa kuhlala 20% inyuke kunokugqibela 12 iinyanga kulo lonke uluntu lwayo lweziqendu ezisibhozo. I-Feeding America iqikelela a 41% ukuphucula phakathi kweentlobo ngeentlobo zabantu abajongene nendlala ngaphakathi kwendawo yeFoodbank, kunye a 51% ukuphucula abantwana abasweleyo.

Ibhanki yokutya yeNgingqi yaseAkron-Canton ibonelela ngeCarroll, Holmes, eMedina, Ukuthwala, Stark, Ingqungquthela, Imimandla yaseTuscarawas kunye neWayne.

Malunga 270,000 abantu abangaphakathi kwisithuba seFoodbank abayazi indawo yokutya kwabo okuza kulandela, phezulu ukusuka 190,000 yokugqibela 12 iinyanga, ukuphendula kwiFoodbank.

“Ngoku, phakathi kwalo mlo umnandi, noluntu lwethu phantsi koxinzelelo olunjalo, sibandakanyeka ngokunzulu malunga nokuchaphazeleka kwe-COVID-19,” UMongameli kunye ne-CEO uDan Flowers watsho kwingxelo yeendaba. “Enye indlela esinokuwugcina ngayo umsebenzi wethu kukuhambisa amaqabane amatsha enqanaweni ukuze avale umngxuma. Izakhiwo zecawa, Imibutho yamaqela kunye nemibutho yesisa yalo lonke uhlobo ifuna ukusibetha njengamaqabane okusasaza angaphambili.”

UCarver Reed uthe amavolontiya amaninzi ayinxalenye yoluntu olusemngciphekweni omkhulu we-COVID-19, kunye nabahlali abadla umhlala-phantsi. Emva kokuba bahlale ngaphakathi ukuze bahlale bekhuselekile, kunokubangela ukunqongophala kwabasebenzi.

Ngokusebenzisa i 2008 intlekele yemali, ukutya kufuna spiked, nangona kunjalo i-pantries yokutya yakhula kakhulu njengoko igcwalisa imfuneko, Iintyatyambo zitshilo.

UCarver Reed uthe kwakhona akukho miba ifanayo malunga nokhuseleko kunye nokungena ekuhlaleni, nto leyo enokuthi ithintele abantu ekugcwaliseni imfuneko ngeli xesha.

Uye wathi amaqabane amatsha okunceda indlala njengoodade bakaFarris kanye kanye into efunekayo.

“Bazi wonke umntu abamkhonzayo ngesihloko. Bayazi ukuba banalo na uluhlu okanye hayi,” UCarver Reed uthe. “Oku akuphantse ukubazisela izidlo; imalunga nokwenza ireferensi kubo.”

Uncedo lweSoup Wagon lusiwa kumakhaya asibhozo ngoLwesine ebusuku, kunye nemilinganiselo 12 kwizindlu ezilishumi elinesihlanu ngenyanga, abanye befumana inani lokuziswa, UKellie Farris uthe. Ibala ngalinye kufuneka libonelele amakhaya angekho ngaphantsi kweentsuku ezimbalwa zesidlo sakusasa, isidlo sasemini kunye nesidlo sakusihlwa.

U-Lila Farris uthe umama wakhe wayeyinkuthazo kuye noGrace ukuba baqalise ukuzinikela. Ngokudibeneyo usapho lwalusiya kwiindawo ezihlala abantu abasweleyo kwaye baphakele izidlo.

Oodade khange bacebe ukuqalisa ukuhambisa izidlo ngobhubhani, “yenzeka nje ngoluhlobo,” Watsho uLila. Nangona kunjalo uthe babenochulumanco ngethemba lokusebenzela abantu abangakwaziyo ukuphuma ezindlwini zabo.

Uye wathi bafumene eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuhambisa ngokukhuselekileyo, kwaye uhloniphe imida yabantu kuyo yonke i-COVID-19.

Ukuhambisa izidlo ngoku kubalulekile kwabanye abantu abanokungakhuseleki kokutya abakuluntu olusemngciphekweni omkhulu we-COVID-19., ukongeza kwabo bangenayo into yokuhamba, watsho.

UKellie Farris uthe omnye umsebenzi wokutyela abadibene naye unebhayisekile kuphela yokuhamba esixekweni ukuya emsebenzini wakhe, eye yanciphisa iiyure zakhe phakathi kokudodobala kwemali.

U-Lila Farris uthe incinci intsha engenzi nzuzo inesiseko esomeleleyo sabantu abanomdla wokunikela. Rhoqo ngeveki bathumela iitekisi kwaye bafumane iminikelo kwiqela ukubonelela abantu abasweleyo.

Ubhubhane ukhokelele ekubeni sifundele kwimpukane. Kwakhona kukhokelele kwimiba ethile emangalisayo, njengokunikezela ngephepha legumbi lokuphumla elinikezelweyo kwindawo yokufikelela, UKellie Farris uthe.

Ukongeza, baya kwiqela ukuze bakhangele abo bafuna uncedo lwabo.

U-Lila Farris uthe eyona nto kugxilwe kuyo kukuhanjiswa, nangona kunjalo baqhuba i-pantry yokutya. Uye wathi i-BLC Roofing ixhasa ngemali ukuthenga kwabo ukutya okuninzi kwi-Foodbank, badla ngokuncedisana nomthengisi wegrosari xa efunwa.

I-Soup Wagon Aid ifumene i-nonprofit yayo imile kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kwixa elidlulileyo, kwaye isebenza ngendlela yokujika ibe liqela elisemthethweni. Iza kukhula ibe yiambrela phezu kwayo yonke into eyenziwa ngoodade, watsho.

Ilungile ngoku, abangenzi nzuzo bazisa ngeradiyasi yemizuzu engama-30 kubantu abakufutshane neBarberton kunye neNorton.

UGrace Farris uthe kunokuba nzima ngamanye amaxesha, ngakumbi kuba befunda njengoko behamba kunye, kodwa ukongezelela kunomvuzo.

“Ngokuqhelekileyo kunokudinisa ukubona yonke imizabalazo eyenziwa ngabantu, nangona kunjalo kuyakhuthaza ngokomoya ukubona ukuba intsimi yokutya encinci inokwenza ntoni ebomini bomntu kwaye ukubonakalisa uthando oluthile kunokukwenza.,” watsho.

Iintyatyambo zithe kuyavuyisa ukubona abantu abasebatsha besenza olu hlobo lomsebenzi ngexesha elibalulekileyo.. Uthe ixesha elidala lenza uninzi loluntu lwabo, nangona kunjalo eli xesha lilandelayo labantu abancinci “inyuselwe ukuba ibe livolontiya” njengoko engazange ambone ngaphambili.

Ukuphendula kwiFoodbank, amaqabane amatsha okunceda indlala abaluleke kakhulu ukususa imida ekungeneni ekutyeni, kunye nezothutho, zivuleleka njani iiphakheji zokutya kunye nezithintelo malunga nokuba usapho lunokuya njani kwinkqubo.

Ukuba lilungu loluntu lweFoodbank kunokunika amaqabane ithuba lokungena ukuze abonelele, izixhobo zobisi kunye nezokubhaka, kunye noluhlu olubanzi lokutya okuzinzileyo. Ikwabonelela ngokungena kwizidlo ezixhaswa ngurhulumente, kunye nokuqeqesha ezinye iindlela.

Ulwazi olongezelelekileyo lunokufunyanwa akroncantonfoodbank.org/join-our-partner-network.

UCarver Reed uthe imfuneko yokutya kunye namaqabane okunceda indlala inyuke kakhulu.. Nangona kunjalo, wathi uyakhonza, kunye nokujongana neFoodbank, kunokuba lula kunokuba abantu becinga.

“Sonke siyamazi umntu ofuna uncedo,” UCarver Reed uthe. “Kwaye sinokuba ngabantu ukubanceda.”

Abantu abanomdla kukufunda okongezelelekileyo malunga noNcedo lweNqwelo yeSophu okanye ukunikela kwabo bangenzi nzuzo bangaya ku-cbcbarberton.com/video. Abantu abanemibuzo okanye abanomdla kukuzinikela bangathumela i-imeyile ku-m.soupwagonrelief@gmail.com.

Fumana intatheli uSean McDonnell e 330-996-3186 okanye smcdonnell@thebeaconjournal.com.