Project Update

Two initial ideas for this project didn’t make it off the table.

1. I wanted to incorporate couponing into this project, but unfortunately I didn’t find food manufacturers interested in supporting the idea of “eating healthy” on a low budget. With the assistance of Extreme Coupon Professors, my request for specific food manufacturers to support “healthy eating” on a low budget never came through and I didn’t even get one coupon. Well, has my theory proven true? Is there minimal support on preventive care and healthy eating options from food manufacturers? Is it true... greed vs. healthy feed? More profit in the pockets of food manufactures without the concerns for a healthier society? Something to think about… The project had to change.

2. I stated I would “live in the world of the homeless”. Authorities have advised me not to live in the world of the homeless for safety reasons. Also, why take up a room in a shelter home when there is someone who is in real hardship? The shelters are challenged enough trying to support those who walk through for the night. Shelter homes throughout NH will have to be visited without the overnight experience. I will be visiting shelter homes during the day, gathering information, and documenting the experience.

What I hope to seek from this personal project:

As I stated earlier, "Within this trip, I will find out what shelter homes and food pantries have on their shelves after the holidays.” What types of foods are being served? Are dietary needs being met? I’ll be traveling throughout NH to discover what NH communities are doing for those individuals and families that are struggling to get by each day as they try to get back on their feet. I will seek resources and data to help pave the way for those who are in need for temporary assistance and help charitable organizations get the support they aspire to receive.

Looking for Followers and Sponsors!

WHERE HAS THE ECONOMY LEFT US? FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD HOMES, STABLE JOBS, HAVE LOST WHAT THEY’VE WORKED SO HARD FOR. I’M GOING ON THE ROAD FOR A WEEK TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO ARE NOW HOMELESS AND HUNGRY. IS THERE ANY ROOM LEFT IN THE SHELTERS? ARE THE SHELVES EMPTY AT THE FOOD BANKS NOW THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER?

Individuals and families are and have been struggling.  Whether it started with a layoff, the stock market crash, losing a spouse, or from inflation on fuel and food prices, it hasn’t been easy.  No matter how hard they have tried, they just couldn’t win, and have had to give up a lot, or everything. 

I will be leaving my home for a week to live in the world of the homeless, the homeless who had much but couldn’t hold on to it. The Extreme Coupon Professors will be giving me some resources from the coupon world but in no way does that keep me warm in frigid December temperatures.  

I will be using my own vehicle and carrying minimal supplies with me.  The Extreme Coupon Professors are providing me with a gas card to fray the costs as I raise awareness throughout the state of New Hampshire.  I will be traveling approximately 600 miles to help raise awareness and funds for the NH Food Bank, homeless shelters and animal rescue organizations.

My gear and supplies will be minimal.  I will have one of my dogs with me and in reality homeless people have animals or had animals too.  I also have dietary requirements, which raises concerns on eating healthy while being on the road homeless. This will be a challenge for me to find “healthy” food with the use of coupons and with limited resources in New Hampshire. Have the cheaper, processed foods won over nutrients and preventive foods? Has the ability to make healthy food choices disappeared while living in a recession? Within this trip, I will find out what shelters homes and food pantries have on their shelves after the holidays.  In addition to finding resources in this recession, I will be seeking and applying for jobs to investigate the market while I live on the road.  Can you find work in this economic recession? We will see…

Our project will run from December 26^th-January 2^nd, I will be photographing, filming, and making journal entries of the experience.  This experience is to raise awareness on eating healthy, finding resources, documenting the struggles of survival in this economy, and to provide information on what you can do to help your state.

Please follow and or sponsor me on this project.  Thanks!