This is my final blog for the Welfare Food Challenge. Thank you everyone so much for your comments.
I am nearing the end of the Welfare Food Challenge and I am almost out of food. Using the remainder of the chicken, rice and carrots, I made a soup. It’s time to Raise the Rates in BC. No [...]
Yesterday, I worked a long day and ran out of time to post my day 5 video. Here’s a quick recap: I am noticing how the weather can impact your level of hunger. When you are cold and wet, [...]
The 5th Annual Welfare Food Challenge started on Sunday, October 16, 2016. I am on Day 4 of this challenge. My goal is to raise awareness of BC’s low welfare rates and how they are forcing [...]
Today’s menu Breakfast: Free coffee at work. Lunch: Leftovers from last night with 2 pieces of bread and small amount of chicken. Dinner: Chicken sandwich. Again. Notes: on day 3, I notice [...]
It’s day 2 of the Welfare Food Challenge and already it’s tough. This morning, I managed to score a cup of coffee at work for free but lunch was abysmal. I had a chicken sandwich [...]
Today I started the Welfare Food Challenge. For one week, my food budget is only $18. The welfare food challenge is organized by Raise the Rates, a coalition of community groups that focuses on [...]
I want to tell you a personal story about our healthcare system. My 4-year-old daughter, Athena, was born with a medical condition affecting her left hand. As a baby, she could not crawl or use [...]
I’d say she was about 10-years-old, but that’d be a guess: she didn’t know her actual age. Memona was a brave little girl, larger than life. She showed very little fear, her tiny heart hardened [...]