Feeding the homeless, and providing healthy tips is the First Lady, Michelle Obama.
According to the NY Times, Michelle Obama is on a mission to provide the homeless with meals that will be beneficial to their health. She volunteered at Miriam’s Kitchen in Washington, serving steamed broccoli, mushroom risotto, and freshly baked apple-carrot muffins.
“You know, we want to make sure our guests here and across the nation are eating nutritious items,” said Michelle Obama.
In addition to serving the homeless, she also brought in eight cases of fresh fruits to add to their diets.
As it turns out, this event is only a portion of Michelle Obama's plan to get families around the nation to use more fruits and vegetables in their daily food intakes.
I think this is a great piece, as it shows a softer side of the White House. It shows that Michelle cares about the well-being of her family, families around the nation, and the homeless community. She is embarking on a great cause to add more nutrition to those who may not be able to afford meals that do provide better nutrition. I commend Mrs. Obama for not letting the cameras and press mess with her mission, as newspaper headlines and magazine covers can be quite stressful in getting people on your side.
"Collect some fruits and vegetables; bring by some good healthy food,” she said. “We can provide this kind of healthy food for communities across the country, and we can do it by each of us lending a hand.”
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We need more pepole like Michelle Obama. This country is in a state of emergency and there are people out there in need of help. Even though they are without homes, jobs and much more, do you know how it must feel to get a healthy meal serve to you from the Frist Lady. Yes, they have been getting meals, but now it will benefit their health. Its' not much, but a little bit go's a long way. Great job Michelle Obama.
ReplyDeleteWhat First lady Obama is doing is truley humble. Not only does she want to make sure the less fortunate American people are fed, she wants to make sure they are consuming nutritious foods. Getting everyone, not only the homeless or less fortunate to maintain a proper and healthy diet is a much bigger problem than most realize.
ReplyDeleteThe American people are so spoiled, lazy and misguided when it comes to a healthy diet, one can only hope people finally wake up and listen to the message she is trying to send. After all, this nation's biggest epidemic is the obesity epidemic.
More people are diagnosed obesity in this country than many other life threatening diseases. All of us should follow Michelle Obama's lead, eat healthy and help others eat healthy so we all may lead longer, healthier lives.
I like your thinking Cat. We are a nation who just likes to stuff our faces full of food. The more food that we eat, the less that is left for the homeless to eat. We also waste a lot of food that could be used to feed others as well.
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope that something like this can change our mindset on eating but I don't think it will because we are a nation of habits and this is one habit we cannot break. Obama is doing the right thing in trying to help others less fortunate. Great post.
I hope that Mrs. Obama's thoughtfulness and this media coverage will help people around the nation begin caring for the health of themselves and the homeless. This has inspired me so that I'm going to bring some canned fruits to the homeless shelter downtown.
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