On Monday, September 8, 2014 2:16:13 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:10:04 -0400, Dave Smith
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> >On 2014-09-08 9:23 AM, Kalmia wrote:
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> >>> I doubt any poor people buy bread machines... whatever cash they
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> >>> have
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> >>> they spend on booze, smokes, and more serious drugs.
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> >> I was going to say something along those lines, but didn't wish to be
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> >> labeled 'uncaring'. I worked enough in free food banks to notice
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> >> that the interest in cooking levels appear to be almost nonexistent.
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> >> "Just gimme something free and easy to fix."
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> >> At the animal shelter, we have a new wrinkle. Person A comes in for
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> >> free food, then sends in the partner, then the kid on consecutive
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> >> days for more. Now we ask for photo ID and be sure only so much food
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> >> is doled out to a given address over a period of time. They're
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> >> always working on a new angle. For all we know, there is NO animal
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> >> on the receiving end - they cud be selling it.
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> >Not a heck of a lot of sympathy there. I love animals and think that
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> >most people benefit from their companionship. However, there are a lot
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> >of responsibilities that go along with pet ownership, and if you cannot
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> >afford to feed a pet you should not have one.
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> I concur.
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> I donate pet food to two local animal shelters, neither gives food to
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> people... in fact I've never seen any animal shelter that gives away
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> pet food to people... the pet food they have is donated and is only
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> for their sheltered animals... were it found out they were giving away
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> donated food no one would donate anything anymore, because that would
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> be exactly the same as stealing. Perhaps if a person asked for food
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> and they looked hungry they'd give them a bowl of kibble to eat out of
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> a bowl on the floor.

Our food exchange program operates this way. Donors KNOW that the food is not for the shelter residents - hell, they're already paying taxes to run the operation. This food is set aside and records are kept, as I mentioned.. MY only beef is.....someone will come in for food and it's all I can do to heft a 50 lb. bag of dog food. We are short on strong volunteers : ))