They have to bring their own sandwiches...no free snacks etc..
I doubt if ther morg gives anything away...
they are a business...
how will they stay in business if they give charity ???
Oh there is the necessary but evil advertising dollars spent...
Like the 600 shanties they sent to Haiti...
(But Hey that was good for lots of free PR..)
But waste money on unworthy poor folk...well theres no profit in that...
No, conference is free, but it is near impossible to get tickets unless you know someone (might be easier with the new conference center). Nothing is provided at all, and since the LDS frown on spending any money on Sunday, many bring picnic lunches to eat during break.
That is if you are lucky enough to get to SLC (or live there). Conference is also broadcast via sattelite (and now carried on a lot of cable systems). So most watch it either at home or at the local stake center.
When I was LDS and lived in CA, we had to go to the stake center, get dressed up like regular church, drive 30 miles, sit for conference, head home to eat, head back for another session.
When I lived in Utah, I could roll out of bed and watch it on TV in my PJs.
“Conference” is just a bunch of repetitive speeches by their leadership (mostly men) and music by MoTab.