food banks and soup runs

[bigpaul]

when i was unemployed, there were NO food banks or soup kitchens, i had no one to rely on but myself, i was divorced at the time and my parents had passed away, so if i hadnt had the sense to store some food i would have been in a right mess, this was a long time before i became a prepper, it just made sense not to run out of food. what i am saying is we cannot rely on other people to feed us, we have to look out for ourselves. once we rely on outside agencies or other people we do not control our own destinies.