On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:49:53 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Does anyone other than churches have bake sales anymore? I haven't
>> seen or heard of one in many years. But I don't go to church. I
>> remember them as a kid, but I remember the goods always sucked.
>
>They have some pretty good stuff at the bake sales at my wife's church. I don't
>know if they still have them at the local schools. As I have posted before, I
>stopped contributing. I was disappointed to see the tuff I had made being sold
>for a fraction of what it had cost me for the ingredients. The school and I
>would have both been ahead if I had just given them the money I spent on
>ingredients and saved myself a lot of work.

Mis-use of my charitable gestures is why I believe charity begins at
home now. Years ago I got involved in sponsoring a single mother and
her kids for Christmas. Turned out the bitch had at least 5 other
organizations doing the same. When we delivered the gifts a few days
before the 25th she took us to a locked bedroom that was packed full
of wrapped gifts. There were more coming other than the ones we were
adding to the piles. She and her kids had more there than most people
see in 25 years. Never again for me unless I know for sure they
really need it.

Lou