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Giving thanks, food this Thanksgiving
By Teresa Dickert
Opinion Editor
As I write this, I prepare to give back to my community, to people less fortunate than myself. I also anxiously await a wonderfully prepared Thanksgiving dinner; to share in the pleasure of eating a heaping plate full of steaming hot food morsels with my closest family and friends. I can already see us huddled around the television watching the Thursday night NFL game while amazing aromas pour out the kitchen and waft past our noses. (Though I have been told my wish has been granted. No longer will I watch Madden, yeah, that idiot with the pointer, circle the legs on the freakish turkey telling me exactly which player each of those legs will go to at the end of the game.)
Back from that pleasant digression, and as I began this article stating, right now I am about to give back to my community. (You remember that word, right? Remember those freshman year icebreakers when we discussed living as an individual, but still a part of the Carroll community, and as a part of Waukesha community as a whole? We are not just in a bubble here at Carroll, although it may seem like it at times.) In a few minutes, I will be on my way to the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee to help sort (or rather, collate) food with my friends, the Milwaukee Goths, into boxes for those residents who will not experience a Thanksgiving quite like myself.
Perhaps a few of you have driven by the Hunger Task Force on the freeway on your way into Milwaukee. If you have not taken notice of their LCD screen urgently imploring for donations to help with the "Critical Food Shortage!" this year, take notice now!
While we all gorge ourselves with turkey and yams until we think we are going to explode, there are some people hoping for a can of Spam (not that Spam isn’t tasty or have bad commercials, because it is and it does) or at least a few breadcrumbs.
So perhaps you can spare a few of those canned foods in your cupboard or other non-perishable food to make someone else’s tummy happy this Thanksgiving. In the meantime, give thanks to whoever it is that has put you in a position to not be one of those people in need. I know there are a few drives coming up here at Carroll, so get those cans ready! Oh, and if you are over 21, you can join my friends and I at Club Anything (807 S. 5 St, Milwaukee), on Nov. 29, to join in a night of gothic, darkwave, and industrial music. Not only do we want to help sort food, but we also want to give. If you come to the club that night with a non-perishable food item to donate to the cause, you will receive a dollar off the cover ($3 without donation). Donate and dance, it will make you feel good.
I know we are all busy (oh, trust me, I do), but I hope you will find a way to give back to your community this Thanksgiving. Moreover, no matter what you do, I sincerely wish you have a happy dead turkey day!
