On every first Friday for a year, eat meals that cost only as much as is allotted for a family of your size by the USDA Modified Thrifty Food Plan. This plan is used as the basis for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly called food stamps). The “cutting back” that will likely be required in order to stay “in budget” can be considered a form of fasting.
The theme for December 2nd will be Food Insecurity and Migration Access the related resource here: http://www.usccb.org/about/justice-peace-and-human-development/upload/Fasting-Resource-December-2.pdf
Calculate your family's First Friday food budget: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/2011/CostofFoodMay2011.pdf
On First Friday, post your reflections and experiences on the "wall." For example:
- What did you purchase for your family to eat on First Friday and how much did the items cost? (Look at your receipt from when you shopped for the items.)
- Was it hard to stay "in budget"?
- Did you have to cut back or change what you would normally have eaten?
- What was your experience praying or reflecting about this?
- What actions to impact hunger were you inspired to take as a result?
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