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Taxed and Spent

On 6/17/2016 8:32 AM, wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:12:43 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-06-17 9:47 AM, wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:32:50 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/17/2016 6:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2016-06-17 6:41 AM, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are many I will not give to on account of salaries. Our local
>>>>>> food bank, the CEO is making $143,000 pa, I'm not suggesting she
>>>>>> shouldn't be paid, but less than that, something more in keeping with
>>>>>> the average around here.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a lot more than she would get if she was managing a store. The
>>>>> could drop her salary and pay a few people instead of relying on
>>>>> volunteers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They could pay her a bit less, still rely on volunteers, and put the
>>>> money toward the charitable work. Plenty of able bodies people with
>>>> time on their hands showing up at food banks for the handouts, some of
>>>> them should be drafted into service once in a while. Will they balk?
>>>
>>> I don't think people show up at the food bank if they don't need to -
>>> that sounds like you are mimicking Trump Talk.
>>>
>>
>> I am not a Trump fan, but it would be a good idea to have some of the
>> food bank clients helping out. Some of them are the working poor but a
>> lot of them are street people and welfare recipients with lots of time
>> on their hands. Helping out and getting to meet some of the other
>> volunteers present the possibility of parlaying a volunteer gig into a
>> employment.
>>
>>
> I think you would find that like here, many are food bank people too -
> fortunately the food banks don't advertise it, how embarrassing would
> that be to serve/work in the food bank and everyone know?
>

Out here, the few times I have seen pictures of food bank operations on
TV, it was clear the workers were not the recipients, but many were able
bodied just passing through to get their grab bag.

It would look good on a resume showing you were out of work for a period
of time to show that you did some volunteer service. That would put
them ahead of other job applicants.