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Source: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is distributing free food for Federal employees impacted by the government shutdown.
Times: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Dates: Fri. 1/11, Wed. 1/16, and Fri. 1/18 at our warehouse locations.
Please share to help local families!
Santa Maria 490 W. Foster Rd. (805) 937-3422
Santa Barbara 4554 Hollister Ave. (805) 967-5741
Immediate family members may pick up food on behalf of a federal employee. No ID necessary.
For more ways to receive help please visit: https://foodbanksbc.org/get-help
Do these furloughed workers not get reimbursed later for this expected vacation time?- Part of the realities when choosing to work for the government -it has its its funding ups and downs from time to time. This is a given in this type of employment, and there certainly was plenty of warning to make other plans. Government salaries and benefits are very good – there was wiggle room to weather this out. Talk some sense into Salud and get the proper funding for the Wall.
Very Good…
SB Foodbank is one of my favorite charities.
The unnecessary and prolonged government shutdown is just more direct evidence of #45 destabilizing our democracy to repay Putin.
Oh come on A-15……now your just projecting your bitterness……are you a government worker ?…..if you are , I am sorry if I hurt you feelings…..get better soon
All Knowing has a trust fund.
I have lived “paycheck to paycheck” when raising kids. Anyone thinking that helping unpaid Federal workers with food is political you are certainly not living in their world. Having children, mortgage payments or high rent, maybe even car payments can rip through pay checks pretty quickly. Without them, good luck. Some members of Congress have chosen not to take paychecks until this is over.
These people are still working, they are not out of a job, just out of a paycheck. They are essentially volunteers.
How about $10 harbor tours on the Coast Guard cutter? Airport tower tours for a bag of groceries?
Alot of people have families not everyone who works for the Gov. is wealthy…
Feeding people has indeed become political, but that’s because the GOP has become the gathering place of the morally depraved.
It really is pathetic how completely inept and ineffective our congress and president have become. I hope they stopped the paychecks for Congress as well. Jerks! I just wish we could hit a big red RESET button, completely removing them all from government and starting over.
Thank you, Food Bank. I donate money to the FB because for every dollar they can buy $7 or $8 worth of food. Stretches the donation.
Why does it “reek of a publicity stunt”??? SB Foodbank is an non-partisan non-profit that partners with many charities. Educate yourself about them here ……. https://foodbanksbc.org/about-us/ …. They are doing exactly what you want … feeding those in need.
It’s even more frustrating when you consider how he-who-shall-not-be-named got the idea in the first place ……. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/01/04/where-the-idea-for-donald-trumps-wall-came-from
This is what fanatic far-right policies have reduced us too.
Not to be a Scrooge or wanker here but am I to believe that “ Federal Workers “ miss a paycheck or two and they can’t afford food ?…..
ALL KNOWING – If you have a family and are living paycheck to paycheck, how do you buy $100 (at least, depending how many/how old kids are) worth of groceries each week?
Living paycheckoto-paycheck is much more common than you’d think (even though nobody you know may be in that situation) ………… https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/28/living-paycheck-paycheck-is-disturbingly-common-i-see-no-way-out/?utm_term=.762fadd6123b …………. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2019/01/11/live-paycheck-to-paycheck-government-shutdown
A-15……I do have a family and I get paychecks once a month…….I am frugal with my money and manage to provide for food on the table …….I don’t have a new car, new house, new phone, or new tattoos………I work in the private sector and do not have health care, pension, lots of vacation time etc provided to my family because I am a government worker……… as FACTOTUM pointed out, Government workers are generously paid and provided for……..This Food Bank give away seems a bit political to me…….
Although this kinda reeks of a publicity stunt, the rule is: Feed whomever is hungry. Always.
ALLKNOWING – you’re just the bee’s knee’s, aren’t you? Pat yourself on your non-new tattooed back! Bravo! You’re the best!