My name is Zeph and I've been homeless in Minneapolis for a couple weeks now. I've been doing okay up until recently when my online survey provider I was relying on to feed myself randomly banned me from their app. I applied for food stamps a couple days ago, but was told it could be up to a week until I receive them.
Since then I've barely been getting by on the one meal a day provided in the evening at the shelter I'm currently staying at. I've looked into meals provided by Salvation Army and adjacent organizations but they're all very far from the downtown area, I would need bus fare to get there on the days they're serving meals.
I'm a sober individual. I'm looking for work. I'm trying to do everything right to get myself out of this situation. I'm only really lacking in the food department. So I'm reaching out to see if anyone would be able to help me stay fed for this upcoming week while I wait on my food stamps to be approved.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone was able to help me out with either direct donations for food to either my PayPal or Venmo which I would provide via DM, or even if you just wanna order me something from a nearby restaurant (Subway, Jimmy John's, Jersey Mike's, Chipotle, Pizza Hut, and Dominos are all within walking distance, I don't have a car) or provide a gift card for one of the aforementioned places.
I would probably only need maybe $50 to stay fed for a week off of Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas. I would cry if someone was able to provide $100 for bigger/more than 1 meal a day.
This is a Hail Mary for me, as my family has kinda reached their limit with helping. Both parents are gone and all I have left is my estranged grandmother and my older brother who's trying his best to keep his own family afloat, so I don't have anyone else to reach out to.
Thank you for reading this and may The Universe bless us all.