<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Feed the Need Northeast ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nonprofit that spreads the word about food scarcity in their community and ways to help, all while we make 100's of PBJ sandwiches to those in need.]]></description><link>https://www.feedtheneedne.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:19:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.feedtheneedne.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Deep end of the pool.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, vacations felt magical, partly because we stayed at roadside hotels with pools—ideally, one with a diving board. We had a backyard pool, but it was only four feet deep. Some hotel pools seemed bottomless. I would jump in and sink, waiting to touch the bottom so I could push off and shoot back to the surface, and for a few seconds, it was exhilarating. Then uncertainty crept in. The bottom still had not come, my momentum was fading, and I had to decide to swim back up or hold...]]></description><link>https://www.feedtheneedne.org/post/the-deep-end-of-the-pool</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad95cb1f1f0466dd44bd516</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:17:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c6c839_e4514e682910470c8d993211f7a8e1d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jimbeland1</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>