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Angela Prattis, Philadelphia Woman WhoGives Free Lunch To Poor Kids, Gets Huge Fine

为贫困儿童提供免费午餐的费城妇女安吉拉·普拉提斯收到天价罚单。

译者：珈蓝一若叶

国家：美国

新闻链接：

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/angela-prattis-philadelphia-free-lunch_n_1778784.html

新闻翻译：

Every day during the summer, AngelaPrattis’ driveway turns into a dining room for 60 children desperate for ameal. But if the Philadelphia woman can’t come up with $1,000 for a permit,these hungry kids may have nowhere to turn.

这个暑假，安吉拉·普拉提斯家的车道每天中午都会变成餐厅，为60名挣扎在饥饿线上的儿童提供免费午餐。但是，如果这位费城妇女拿不出1000美元来申请许可证，这些孩子将走投无路。

The 41-year-old mother of three’s food programis funded by the state department of education and is administered by thearchdiocese of Philadelphia, which drops off the lunches, NBC 10 reports. WhilePrattis thought she had followed the proper protocol, the Chester Townshiprecently informed her that because she’s operating out of a residential area,she has to apply for a variance, which costs $1,000 for the zoning hearing.Officials also said they would fine her $600 a day until she stoppeddistributing free food, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

据NBC第十频道报道，这位41岁的母亲参与了由国家教育部出资，费城教区管理的“三方食品计划”，负责提供免费午餐。尽管普拉提斯认为她已经遵守了一切合理规定，但最近切斯特镇的官员通知她，因为她是在居住区域外开设餐厅，根据辖区听证会确定的相关条例她必须申请许可，申请费用高达1000美元。据《费城问询报》报道，官员们还表示，他们将会向她收取每天600美元的罚款，直到她停止免费分发食物为止。

“Nobody'sagainst the program,” Township Manager William Piserik, told the news outlet,“but folks don't want the program set up in the lady's front driveway."

“没人反对这个计划，”小镇的行政长官威廉·皮萨里克告诉该报记者，“但人们不希望它在那位女士家门口的车道上进行。”

After heeding to media pressure, thetownship withdrew the fines, but it’s still insisting that Prattis cough up thefunds for the variance, a steep expense she can’t afford, and believesshouldn’t apply to her. The do-gooder told delcotimes.com thatshe believes she should be exempt from such zoning laws because she isn’tcooking or selling food.

在受到了来自媒体的压力后，镇政府撤回了处罚决定，但他们仍然坚持普拉提斯需要自行缴纳许可证申请费。高昂的费用超出了普拉提斯的承受能力，同时，她也认为该条例不适用于她的情况。这位社会改良家告诉delcotimes.com的记者，她认为她应该免于受这条辖区法律管辖，因为她并不烹饪，也不出售食物。

“We’re talkingabout children,” Prattis told NBC 10. “Children. “It’s unbelievable. They’venever once said anything to me in reference to what to do to be in the rightstanding with the township.”

“我们在谈论的是孩子们，”普拉提斯告诉NBC第十频道的记者，“真是难以置信。他们从没告诉过我，要怎样做才能让镇政府满意。”

Gratis meal programs like Prattis’ arecritical during the summer months when 21 million children are at risk forhunger once they lose out on their free breakfast and lunch at school.

暑假的几个月里，像普拉提斯这样的免费午餐计划非常关键。离开了学校里提供的免费早餐和午餐，2100万美国儿童将面临挨饿的风险。

However, Prattis refuses to give up on hermission. She plans on attending the next Chester Township Council meeting andshe will continue serving the kids that need her services, NBC 10 reports.

但是，普拉提斯拒绝放弃她的使命。她计划出席下一次的切斯特镇议事大会，并继续为需要帮助的孩子们提供服务，NBC第十频道报道。

“I’m notstopping,” she told delcotimes.com. “These kids arehungry. I’m not tearing down the community. I’m keeping the children out ofharm’s way.”

“我不会停下来的。”她告诉delcotimes.com的记者，“这些孩子都在挨饿。我不是要撕裂整个社区，我在保护这些孩子免受伤害。”.