Two things you can do that help stop the New Normal, New World Order, or whatever you want to call it these days:
- Stop giving money to people that hate you.
- Become your own master of food.
Not everyone has the means to make 2 a reality, but 1 is really simple.
EVERY credit card company out there has a hardship program. Call up your CC company, tell them how much your life sucks (recent car accident, unexpected medical bills, etc.) and they will close your card buy set up a preferred rate payoff date. I did this for 6 people last week I know and got them 60 month payoff schedules between 4 and 5%.
Their credit score is only slightly dinged, they pay off their bills, and their cashflow is significantly better so they can pay down faster if possible or they are no longer figuring out how to fill their gas tank to get to work.
If you can't grow your own food, there are plenty of no documentation food banks out there. Take advantage of them. You probably paid for them with your taxes, so TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM!
Use the resources that exist to exit your debt-ridden life. Don't let fear or pride stop you from saving yourself.
Good luck, and may the Lord be with you.
Please explain no documentation food banks. I've never heard of this. Thank you.
I think you have to visit them, call them or ask locals to find out their process. Some just want to keep track of how many people they help so they ask you to sign in and put number of people in your family. They don't care if you use a fake name and don't ask for id. Genuinely there to help.
As I said, I've never heard of such a thing. I guess I would have to do a search to see if they exist in my area, but I would have thought I'd have heard of them if they did. I thought perhaps they were a Danish or European thing, based on the OP's location. Thanks, Becky.
Thanks.
Some food banks require that you "prove" that you are impoverished. Others do not. Find out locally which food banks don't require papers.
I do intakes at a food pantry. I give out a list of other pantries in the area so they can supplement. One of them is a Spanish church and there is a long line of cars every Wednesday. Pull up and they give you food.