Sentences with phrase «family put food on the table»

A sequel to The Circuit (1997), this fictionalized memoir stays true to the viewpoint of a Mexican American teenager as it follows Panchito, growing up poor in the late 1950s, working before and after school, picking strawberries, cleaning offices, waxing floors, struggling to help his family put food on the table while he dreams of college.

It singles out Planned Parenthood, guts programs designed to help women and their families put food on the table, get the medical care they need, and make ends meet.

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Unless the residents are working for the band office or a government - run social service, they're almost certainly unemployed — and more often than not, addicted to prescription painkillers at the expense of putting food on the table for their families.

«They are changes that recognize the reality of poverty and hunger today and that more working families need help to put food on the table.»

«We know that thousands of Canadian families struggling to put food on the table rely on the support of food banks across the country,» said Katharine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks Canfood on the table rely on the support of food banks across the country,» said Katharine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks Canfood banks across the country,» said Katharine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks CanFood Banks Canada.

«Being able to share foods like fruits and vegetables, milk and eggs in order to put healthy meals on the table makes all the difference for families living with hunger.»

The only times you should even think about doing it if you've absolutely exhausted every other resource and can't put a roof over your head or food on your family's table.

For example, despite increases in poverty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recently released hunger data shows that the percentage of families struggling to put food on the table remained unchanged for the third consecutive year.

The budget «makes huge, irresponsible cuts hurts families who are struggling to find jobs and put food on the table, but provides big tax breaks for millionaires and large corporations whose profits are soaring,» Kelly says.

The Salvation Army's director for community services, Tony Daniels said: «Staff and volunteers at our churches and social centres across the UK have seen growing numbers of individuals and families on low incomes who are struggling to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads.

According to her, the legal trouble all centers around her trying to stay in the United States: «The only thing that I've done is use false documents to put food on the table of my family,» Vizguerra told Inside Edition through a translator at the church.

I knew right away that it filled my need for some gratitude shared with family and thanks for everyone who worked to put that food on our table.

«During that time many families are faced with no household income and are really struggling to pay bills and put food on the table.

But it is the evil reality of most organized religions, that regardless of how many good intentions leaders start out with, they mean nothing under the pressure they come under in order to please the masses, their particular denominational mandates, and to be able to put food on the family table.

Oh, and by the way, the department of health says that 1 in 4 children in America are on the brink of starvation, because families in this «perfect nation» can't put food on the table.

The muffins turned out brilliantly, and have furthered my quest for putting healthy wholesome delicious food on my family's table.

«The sad truth is that while food is going to waste, 37 million Americans struggle to put enough food on the table to feed their families.

It's been said before, but I'll say it again, there is really something so grounding, excuse the pun, and satisfying about growing something that puts food on the table for you and your family.

Everyday, people work jobs that the do not like to pay their mortgage, put food on the table, or provide for their family.

If your family does not need this service please consider sharing this with your friends and those in your community who may be struggling to put food on the table this summer.

«It's terrifying to think that each month, one million families turn to high - cost, short - term credit, like payday loans each month and 400,000 are using them for essentials, such as putting food on the table or preventing the gas and electricity from being cut off,» Reed added.

Whether it's supporting a shelter for homeless and runaway youth, a mentoring program for girls, or helping families put fresher, healthier food on the table, these awards seek to support programs that can help change lives.

«They want to put food on the table, and they want to have jobs to sustain their families.»

«We are seeing that Medicaid is expanding with more usage than was previously thought in the white community in Erie County, and also that many recipients are working to pay the bills and put food on the table but still need help from the Medicaid system to provide for their families» healthcare needs.

«Requiring New Yorkers to submit their fingerprints has stigmatized the food stamp program and prevented vital federal money from flowing into our state and putting food on the tables of seniors, families, and children.

«It's like a family saving $ 5,000 for future roof repairs when they can't afford to put food on the table,» said John Murphy, former executive director of NYCERS, the city's biggest pension system.

Things was going on well for me, as i could put food on my family's table with the money i made as an escort, until my friend set me up.

At 9 a.m., Walmart workers, clergy, and supporters fast outside the estate of Alice Walton, whose family owns half of Walmart, as part of a national day of action to «demonstrate the hunger crisis for Walmart workers and their families that are struggling to put food on the table this holiday season,» and protest for a $ 15 - an - hour minim wage, 515 Park Ave., Manhattan.

Now most of those struggling middle class owners are going to struggle even more to put food on the table for a hungry family, pay an urgent bill to a utility so that family has electric so teenagers who live at home with mom and dad can get more money to go to the movies or buy weed with.

It's true that 9.00 an hour isn't going to make anyone a millionaire, but what Skelos can't get straight in his mind is it might put food on the table for a hungry family, or pay an urgent bill to a utility so that family has electric..

«Introducing this legislation to accelerate the three - stage minimum wage increase underscores the fact that right now, there are thousands of hardworking men and women that are still forced to choose between putting food on the table for their families and paying their bills each month.

«His support for the commercial revitalization of economically distressed areas, and expansion of opportunities for minority and women owned businesses created countless jobs and helped families struggling to get by put food on their tables and pay their bills,» he said in a statement.

«While Gov. Walker spends millions of taxpayer dollars making it harder for working families to put food on the table, Wisconsin communities continue to struggle with crumbling roads, school funding cuts and economic uncertainty,» Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling tweeted on Tuesday.

Along the polluted 18 - Mile Creek in upstate New York, migrant farm worker Oscar Puente said he fishes to put food on his family's table — even though a state advisory warns against consuming any fish there.

Mindful that a job in esoteric physics might not be the best way to put food on his family's table, Tollaksen worked on a computing start - up company while pursuing his Ph.D..

Add on the fact that you're not shopping just for you but putting food on the table for a whole family and it gets even more complicated.

Like most families, do you put out all the food on the table and then dish up from there?

Fair trade fashion tells the story of a man or a woman who has been given an opportunity and a chance at a dignified job that they can support a family with, put kids in school with, put food on the table with, and save for the future with.

Her father dead, her mother lost in near - catatonic depression, Katniss — played here with earthy nuance by Jennifer Lawrence — has learned to hunt and barter to put food on her family's table.

At the other end of the spectrum, teachers continue to report children coming to school hungry and families coping on the tightest food budgets say they put calories before nutrition just to get food on the table.»

For families struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table, affording private school tuition is, in most cases, impossible.

Your support of our work helps more Maryland families connect to available food assistance programs that can help put food on the table, and improve access to healthy, affordable food.

«The act, of course, is to help consumers help our environment and stimulate auto sales at this time when they're lagging and so many families across this country depend on them for putting food on the table and keeping them employed,» Sutton said.

, many more have thrown principle to the wind and stand ready to surrender more flesh and dignity if it allows them to step higher in visibility so they can continue to put food on their family's table.

«KDP isn't just a service, they've taken many families out of poverty and put food on tables.

It used to be that back in the day before «dream jobs» were made popular by mainstream media that people used to get whatever job fit their education just so they could make a living, put food on the table and make sure the family was warm at night.

When you need to support a family and put food on the table and clothes on your kids, what you earn is not always enough to get by.

«We don't believe that anyone in Ontario who works full time should be struggling to pay their rent, put food on their tables or care for their families — especially when the provincial economy is doing so well,» Flynn said in a statement.

The money you save by dining out once a week instead of thrice could be the money that puts food on your family's table for the entire week.

They have been integral to putting food on family tables.