Category Archives: SNAP Challenge: Can you live on $30. a week?

SNAP Challenge: “What the hell are you trying to prove?”

by: Jan-Michael Sacharko “What the hell are you trying to prove? Living on food stamps sucks? I think we all know that.” This was said to me a week ago as I explained the #SNAPchallenge concept to a friend and … Continue reading

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SNAP Challenge: Lianne’s journey

by: Lianne Binckes Live like you’re on Food Stamps: Let me start off my saying that I do not work with a non-profit. I am a contractor who drifts from contract to contract. Even though I live in DC, the … Continue reading

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SNAP Challenge: Week Two: Choices.

It is Sunday evening and I am not hungry. For the first time in a week. I took stock of what food was left from week one, and I’ll admit, I pigged out. It wasn’t pretty. And, as I look … Continue reading

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SNAP Challenge: Day 3 ruminations

His Perspective   &   Her Perspective by: Jan-Michael Sacharko Day 3 and we’re already seeing some changes. Hmm… Things Heather and I have in common currently: 1)      We’re not starving by any means, but we feel hungrier than normal … Continue reading

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SNAP Challenge: Meet Jan.

by Jan-Michael Sacharko This is Jan from A-SPAN (Should be easy to remember). Like Heather, I work to raise awareness and funding for a population at risk: the homeless of Arlington, Virgina. An anonymous sage shared with me that “homelessness … Continue reading

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