Donate Your Date Nights and Help Feed Families

This time last year, we were all super fly disco lemonade.

My wife was PTA president of our girls' school and we had put on a fun 1970's themed auction fundraiser. It was an amazing date night!

That night feels like 10 years ago now. Today, our kids' school is closed for the rest of the year and there will be no fun 1980's themed auction fundraiser as planned. Our local lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders to mitigate the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) limit any and all date nights to cooking at home with the kids, or ordering take-out delivery and/or buying gift cards from local business that are struggling and need our help.

That's great for those of us who are still have jobs and can have stay-cation date nights at home. But for many more families that have one or both parents out of work, it's getting more difficult to put food on the table. Families out of work depend on limited government resources, community organizations, individual donations and food banks. We've already seen the economic toll coronavirus has taken with some of the families we go to school with.

According to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County (where we live), 1 in 4 children and 1 in 5 adults face the reality of hunger. This includes over 55,000 children, seniors, veterans, homeless, working poor, and more who need some help from their neighbors to make it through a tough time. And according to Feeding America, 37 million people face hunger in the U.S. today — including more than 11 million children and nearly 5.4 million seniors. 

The impact of COVID-19 will continue to increase the number of people who will face hunger and need help. 

For those of us who can, why don't we donate one take-out meal or date night per month to our local food banks? 

That's what my wife and I are going to do. You can find a local food bank to donate to by going to Feeding America, or just donate directly to Feeding America. 

So again, if you can, just think about donating one take-out meal or date night per month. We are starting at $50 and you can donate what works for you. 

We know that our $50 can provide dozens of meals for families today.  Hey, we can be cheap dates, have fun at home and help our community! 

Donate your date nights and help feed families! Thank you from #BhivePower!