On Fri, 11 May 2018 09:52:45 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Fri, 11 May 2018 00:02:42 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 10 May 2018 10:44:48 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
>>> donated food.
>>>
>>> Like I need a reason to go to Costco, but I need stuff anyway and
>>> it's an easy place to grab cases of beans, etc. I grab the 2 jars
>>> of peanut butter when there's a coupon, just for this drive.
>>>
>>> At any rate, just a heads up for anyone interested in donating.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>>Again with my public service message:
>>
>>It's best not to go out and buy stuff for the food bank, but rather
>>just to give them the money you'd spend on food for them. The food
>>banks can buy 5 times as much food from the USDA for the same amount
>>of money you'll spend at the grocery store.
>>
>>Or as some people want to believe, only twice as much food and
>>they'll still have $.60 left per $1 to spend wining and dining in
>>luxury in their corporate jets on their way to/from exotic tropical
>>island retreats with their mistresses. But at least that's still
>>more food for the food banks than your dollar can buy.
>>
>>-sw
>Giving actual food goods means the purchase money goes directly back
>to businesses in the community. Food goods can't be stolen by the
>government in their drive to eliminate social programs
>Janet US

Many who work at food banks skim off the best of the donations for
their own tables... and that's why I donate to local animal
shelters... there are plenty of soup kitchens for people and school
cafeterias feed needy kids for free. I happen to know for a fact that
food banks are a big rip off... I learned all about that scam when I
volunteered at the Islip, Long Island Hot Line. If anyone truly wants
to help the needy volunteer at a local soup kitchen, many churches run
a soup kitchen where the food is donated by local food busineses...
it's a good business tax write off and nothing is skimmed. Food
stores donate lots of perishables to soup kitchens as well as to feed
farm livestock rather than it spoil... and naturally the small family
farms can use the tax write offs, and they donate food to local soup
kitchens.
Only a fool gives to food banks. Plenty of churches everywhere run a
soup kitchen, should be easy to find one nearby that can use your help
preparing meals... they don't want your few cans, they want your
labor. Soup kitchens recieve more food than they need from local food
markets and restaurants.
On Long Island I volunteered one day a week cooking for and one day a
week delivering for Meals On Wheels. those elderly and infirm
shut-ins were very appreciative for the food but more importantly for
the visit. I also volunteered to drive cancer patients to the
hospital for their treatments. I remember one woman didn't make it
but two years later her familiy in Australia contacted me to to thank
me for my efforts, made my day. I took her to Long Island Jewish for
her radiation treatment every week for months. She was one of the
women who like me volunteered at the Islip Hot Line.