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Hungry at Easter

Quirino Gonzales of Hirai Farms, left, and Roger Kortness of Second Harvest Inland Northwest direct ears of sweet corn from a semi-trailer into boxes Wednesday at a food bank in Spokane. Hirai Farms donated 15 tons of corn that was harvested Wednesday morning. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Quirino Gonzales of Hirai Farms, left, and Roger Kortness of Second Harvest Inland Northwest direct ears of sweet corn from a semi-trailer into boxes Wednesday at a food bank in Spokane. Hirai Farms donated 15 tons of corn that was harvested Wednesday morning. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

While grocery store shelves fill up with chocolate bunnies and foil-wrapped chocolate eggs, some people are hungry for breakfast. In Spokane County  15.4 percent of residents are deemed “food insecure.” Families who rely on food banks and other resources may not always need extra help, but at some time, they lack resources to access adequate food.

Perhaps this weekend we could lessen the chocolate treats in our Easter baskets and spend money to donate food to a hungry neighbor – a gesture more closely linked with the resurrection of Jesus than a Peeps marshmallow bunny.  

(S-R archive photo)

Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.