A Great Experience

[Fran]

Thanks for the url, Daisy I ordered a box for my mother. I want to see if it's something she will eat. If so, she will be on their list every month. I can order and pay for it on line and mail the receipt to my brother who can pick it up. Heck I offered to pay the local grocery store to delivery her an order of groceries but they said no. : (

I'm even going to try it for pc. He has no food plan at school and has to manage on his allowance.
I'm hoping it works out. Thanks so much TM for clarifying that it's for anyone who struggles to stretch their dollars.

[Hound dog]

Fran I hope it works out well for your Mom, and PC too if he can use it. That senior's box would've been wonderful for MIL when she was still living at home.

For Travis at school I took him to the Meijer's down the street and walked him to the frozen food dept. He can get banquet dinners for a dollar and they have a wide variety of them.....sometimes for 89 cents! He'd checked out eating in the school cafeteria and OMG it was just too expensive. All he has to do is pop these into the microwave has he has a whole meal......and MIL always enjoyed them. He can have supper every night for just 7 dollars a week!! At the school cafeteria it would've been 7 dollars a meal.

[Fran]

PC's program is a campus away from the main campus so there is no meal plan. The 4 kids have use of their own kitchen so I stocked him up pretty well before I left. PC decided to cook a few nights a week if the other's cleaned. (trust me when I almost had to pick my jaw up off the floor since I don't believe I have seen him boil water without me standing behind him with a stick to beat him with) If it wasn't microwaveable, he didn't care. Now he calls me for inexpensive recipes. I sent him a college student survival cookbook. LOL.

Mom is in what they call the "donut hole" with her medication coverage. What it means is that she has exhausted the amount allowed with her supplemental coverage. She must pay out of pocket for all prescriptions until she gets to 3800.00 then will be kicked into the next tier of coverage on her supplemental. The prescriptions run about 550.00/month. Almost 1/2 her monthly income. I have applied for some aid for her but it hasn't kicked in yet. She has very little to survive on and every penney saved is help for her.

[crazymama30]

I so wish we had an angelfood ministeries here. I have an appt at the, blech, foodstamp office. If that fails, dh may have to hit up the food pantries. I just don't have time to stand in line and he is not working, so he can!

Daisy, I am glad you had a good experience. It is nice to find kind people who do not judge.

[StepTo2]

For Travis at school I took him to the Meijer's down the street and walked him to the frozen food dept. He can get banquet dinners for a dollar and they have a wide variety of them.....sometimes for 89 cents!

LOL - Daisy - Near Travis's school there is a Save-A-Lot and also an Aldi's. Next time I run, let me know what he needs (general, they have different stuff) and I'll pick up some extra for him! Also I have an upright freezer and you know they're more efficient when full.

[timer lady]

I have used Angel Food Ministries since dh died. It's a wonderful program ~ my niece & I order & split the costs & food. It's worked out wonderfully for us.

The church I pick up at has quality coffee & donuts; encourage you to bring laundry baskets & if you are disabled will carry the food out to your car.

There was a great deal of respect, lots of laughter & a feeling of community even though I'm not a member of that church.

All in all a good place to go if your dollars just do not stretch as far as they once did.

[Star*]

We've been using them on and off for years....

I think this time we're going to use the fruit order -

Has anyone ordered their steak?

THanks Daisy -

[Hound dog]

Stepto2 I was wondering if there was an Aldi's near him!! I'll remember that and when he gets low I'll let you know so if you've got to shop anyways..... He's got the money, he just has to stretch it as far as possible at least until he can find work.....and that's not looking like it will be until winter quarter. Thanks!

Starbie......dh and I just had our steaks tonight in fact. I needed something I could whip up fast as I was starved (school does that to me) and needed to hit the books.

They were tender and delicious!! I was thrilled with them and so was dh.