Friday, November 19, 2010
3SquaresVT Challenge Completed
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 3SquaresVT Challenge last week as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. There were over 70 participants, including DCF Commissioner Steve Dale, who took on the challenge to live on the average 3SquaresVT (formerly food stamps) budget—approximately $1.80 per meal. It seems that we all learned something about the barriers to participation and the tremendous amount of planning and resourcefulness required to eat well on a budget. All of us at the Campaign thank you for taking part in this awareness effort and our hope is that you will continue to raise awareness and advocate for food insecure Vermonters in your community. To learn more about hunger in Vermont and ways you can help, go to www.vtnohunger.org and click on “get involved.”
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I dropped out of the blogging at the end because I was down with a nasty cold for the last 48 hours of the challenge, but we finished slightly under budget and grateful for the experience.
ReplyDeleteIt has changed the way we look at food. I have become much less tolerant of waste and reluctant to spend money outside of the house on the odd bagel or processed food snack and what the kids don't finish tends to go on my plate regardless of appearance.
I also think that it made for a more thoughtful Thanksgiving. My wife suggested that we do this every year and I think that's a pretty good plan.
Thanks to Angela and everyone at the campaign for helping guide and organize this process.