Last Thursday we Nearly ran out of food at HOPE House. We had been warned by previous volunteers to keep on top of the food situation but its been pretty darn good so far. The tipping point was when we ran out of peanut butter (an important protein source for one of the volunteers here). The backstory: due to the previous Sunday being an election day (all stores closed) we weren't able to go to the supermarket to replenish. Thursday night we had cous-cous 'potatoes', at least they were shaped like potatoes. We didn't even know they were couscous. The next 2 days we scraped by on the bare minimum. Saturday morning we literally had nothing in the fridge so we ventured out to forage. We came across a roadside stand directly across from the hospital that sold 'beignetes' (basically donut holes). We were salivating. They are so good.
Breakfast on Saturday turned out to be very unhealthy and delicious, followed by a late large lunch. Needless to say, at the supermarket yesterday we STOCKED up on food.
One thing I learned...people can become a little more irritated if food runs out. So always keep the fridge stocked.
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