Thanks Cassius2, soup kitchens, dumpster diving, charities etc are all off the list for this exercise- and fair enough too, like you say. Those 1.4 Biliion...(yeah, BILLION) don't have those choices, and that's my biggest realisation from being involved. It's not about the food, that's a novelty of the week, but realising that if I only had $2 and DS got sick, I wouldn't be able to get help for him, or afford the healthcare, or fuel to get him to a doctor, let alone any medicines. Just one example.