Across the Northwest Alabama region, charities are drying up. America has nothing left to give:
The Meals on Wheels weekend meals program operated locally by the Community Action Agency has enough money to operate until March 31. If donations are not received, the program will end that day.
“The bottom line is when the money runs out, the weekend meals stop,” McDaniel said.
Residents, businesses and organizations have donated $11,289 to the weekend meal program, which is enough to pay for its operation through the end of March.
McDaniel said donations have slowed considerably this month. No donations were received in the past week.
McDaniel has asked state lawmakers around the Shoals for help, but so far has not received any government assistance to keep the weekend meals program operating.
Nakisa Martin and Corrine Reese, two of the women in this video, are looking for new jobs. The Family Success Center has been forced to close its doors. There is no new federal or state money, and the givers have all tapped out. Hope is hard to come by in this America, and without a change to the conditions that produce austerity in Washington and the states, things will simply not get better. We cannot wait.
