"Hundreds line up in cold for handouts in Ohio" by James Hannah, Associated Press | February 20, 2009
WILMINGTON, Ohio - Semitrailers loaded with donated food and other items pulled into town yesterday, bringing much-needed supplies to families devastated by the impending pullout of cargo shipper DHL.
Hundreds of men, women, and children shivered in long lines as they waited to pick up boxes of food and personal care items from three big rigs parked near downtown. Seven other semitrailers were dispatched to surrounding counties.
"My cupboards are almost empty," said Auston Maxwell, who waited in line for an hour.
The supplies from Feed the Children, a nonprofit hunger relief group based in Oklahoma City, were aimed at spotlighting the plight of families hit hard by the recession. Each family received a 25-pound box of food and a 10-pound box of personal-care items. Canned tomatoes, breakfast cereal, and muffins were donated by various companies, including Toledo-based Hirzel Canning Co.
Wilmington, a community of 12,000 people about 60 miles southwest of Columbus, was devastated when DHL said in May it would close its facilities there. The move is expected to lead to the loss of 8,000 jobs at Wilmington's air park. So far, about 3,000 are gone.
Maxwell, 18, quit his job at ABX Air last year because he knew he was going to be laid off. ABX, which flies and sorts cargo for DHL at the air park, has laid off workers as DHL winds down operations. "I'm just having a rough time," said Maxwell, who has a 1-year-old son with his fiancee. "You can't even get a job at
Yeah, I KNOW!!!
Ron Scaff, who was laid off at ABX in December, said yesterday was the first time he had ever taken a handout. He has drawn his final severance check and is preparing to sign up for unemployment benefits.
Scaff, 64, said he and his wife are running out of money. Even though they still have food, the donation will help, he said. "It's bad, but you just keep it in the Lord's hands and it's going to be fine," he said. "He's going to take care of us. He supplied this."Yes, the nebulous, unseen force of God will take care of everything. It's not like getting off your duff and lamposting a few of these looters would have an effect or anything.
Just SIT BACK and TAKE IT, right, Amurka! Take the GENOROSITY of the LOOTING LEADERS of this nation that have DESTROYED YOUR COUNTRY and SHIPPED YOUR JOB OVERSEAS (all while getting tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies). You deserve evrything you get, you sickening slime.
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