Families are suffering in record numbers

Is this really the land of the free? I'm starting to wonder about that one.

How is it that there are so many resources available yet no one knows about any of them? If you ask the average person on the street about food pantrys of shelters honestly you usually get "i'm not sure" or " I don't know" and that really bothers me. We were all told when we were young that if you ever really needed help go to your local police station, but when mothers are walking the street with thier kids even the police tell them the classic "i don't know" or hand them numbers to call not sure if they have a phone. I see this every day and i wish i could do more, but one person can't solve the problem. I understand that the economy is in the toilet, but someone has to do something. There are people out there that have wallets full of cash that would rather buy a new purse than help a starving child, what does that really say about our society?

There are millions of people living in shelters, hotels, motels, cars and no one can help them? I find that very hard to swallow. If everyone in this country gave a dollar i think that would be more than enough to supply some sort of funding to help.

If there are people that give to these lovely commercials with the "starving" kids overseas then i think there are enough people that can help the starving kids here in our country.

Land of the free? Seriously?