On 18/05/2013 1:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> I have to agree with that. Oh sure, many years ago I'd pick up canned
> food (there was no refrigerated or frozen food allowed at the time, they
> didn't have facilities). Also household items. Toilet paper, anyone?.
> I'd buy it at the grocery store to drop off at collection centers.


My wife helps out with the food bank at her church once a month. Once in
a while I help out.I can't get too excited about them. Some of them are
needy cases. Most need to set their priorities, l have to wonder when
someone comes and gets their allotment of free food and then uses her
smart phone to call a taxi. One young guy looked to have some issues,
but he had a designer backpack and a smart phone. Most of them smoke,
and at $10 a pack these days they probably spend more on cigarettes than
the average person spends on groceries.