In a nut shell I'm a 31 year old woman with moderate crohns and Anxiety/OCD disorder. No kids, no massive credit card debt, just a bit of unpaid medical bills. I was laid of with no notice in April (they closed/laid off my whole office) and while I'm usually able to get my major bills paid like rent and power I don't have much left over for food, food doesn't give you an eviction notice... I went to get food assistance but with my income level I only get $16 a month in good stamps. I don't even need cash, gift cards are just as helpful. Stores like Fred Meyers and Safeway are within walking or bus distance from me and Amazon has a LOT of my dry food and personal items for very very cheap.