On 5/18/2013 12:31 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> 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.

The churches in our county, have Interfaith, every church in the county
contributes money to the cause and some of the church members donate
their time. If someone comes to the church needing help, they are sent
to Interfaith. They have a food bank, second-hand clothing, daycare for
people looking for jobs, classes in how to write a resume, counseling.
This keeps people from going to every church in town, asking for gas to
get home, money for food and diapers for the baby. You go to one place,
Interfaith.

Becca