Today was my HARC-mart day. The local HIV food pantry here in glorious KCMO.
Their assistance is sometimes meager, but always appreciated and most certainly welcomed. Today’s list included a gallon of chocolate milk. I cannot recall the last time I shopped for chocolate. My first reaction was a bit of a knee-jerk one, since I was concerned about my very limited frig space, but it fit with no troubles…
May I just say, it has already proven to be incredibly refreshing. I don’t think I would have ever thought to add it as a luxury on my own grocery outing… so such a pleasant surprise…
Also, I am taking a liking to the guy that runs the counter at HARC-mart. He is adorable, and just my kind of beefy. He did use the ‘we’ word today not in reference to the two of us… but no bother to me. I share! Heheh.
He is also very kind and friendly with me.
He is the current beneficiary of my latest trend for hero worship.
Also, I spoke last night to the office manager at Missie B’s/Bootleggers about maybe hosting a monthly beer bust to benefit HARC-mart. I would very much like this, since they are the only real practical help I have had lately. Just a 20 buck bar card and I could do it. He will check it out for me and let me know. I have gotten a bit tired of the gays raising funds for the entire world except ourselves lately.
I understand that the Susan G Coleman foundation is most certainly a worthwhile cause. However, they are also in line for much much federal funding and national attention while local charities are losing almost all federal funding and failing without local support. And HARC-mart seems to be the only assistance locally that doesn’t have an obscene income cut-off.
That is how I plan to give back.
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