On the 1st of November each year, I set a box aside and start collecting items to donate to my Food Pantry. My donation stays LOCAL and no one is skimming $ off the top. The bulk of my donation gets into the hands of those that really need it.
As well as a nice donation to Free Republic this holiday season, see if you can help your local food pantry, too. Thanks! :)
Nope.
I’ve never understood the silliness of buying food products at retail, plus then paying sales tax on top of that, when these charities can buy the same items at wholesale and NOT pay sales tax.
Donate CASH. Moolah, Dinero, Bread. Let the food banks buy more than you can for less.
I get that pop-tops are easier to deal with, but they are less secure than a crimped top on a can. Dent the can just right, and a pop-top can lose its seal.
Walmart is selling a pound of beef in a can for $10. Imagine how that would feed a family in hard times.
Muffin stumps?
Spam and ham ARE junk food (enough salt to kill you), otherwise a decent list.
Years ago, a friend said “let’s volunteer at the food bank.” I didn’t know what that meant, so she showed me. We did show up every Friday afternoon and help out for Saturday’s onslaught of people. Most of the stuff we handed out was pretty decent stuff. And most of the people picking things up were definitely poor, mostly resettled Russians, rude as they come with a couple of exceptions.
Being poor is very comfortable here. I drive past the charity food bank on my way to the shop. It is ALWAYS packed with people loading multiple boxes in to cars. Most cars newer and nicer than mine. We have a growing homeless camp in the forest where the county provides them with trash service, porta potties, and sends a honey bucket to drain their tanks. Another charity brings them propane tanks and gives them heaters, blankets, sleeping bags, etc. They take over small yards even on public lands. They get FREE DELIVERY!!! For the ones who don’t want to live in the forest they get free housing vouchers. They all get free medical care from the mobile clinics or at the hospital. There is a charity dental clinic to give free dental care. They get free education for their kids. Shoe drives. Coat drives. Clothing drives. Toy drives. If you play your cards right you can live your entire existence at the expense of someone else without paying a penny in taxes while having a massive representation in the government.
Do the needy still pull up in their Mercedes Benz and pop the trunk for us to fill it?
It says to avoid things that need can openers. This is asking too much. The pop-top lids on canned items are less sturdy that regular cans.
We donate the toothpaste & brushes from our dentist visits.