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

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> 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


I always feel sorry for the mail carriers having to do all that lifting,
they should send a truck around like The Salvation Army or Goodwill does. It
is a good idea, but the collection is haywire IMO.

Cheri

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

I got a case of V-8 and a case of canned tuna.
Janet US

"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

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

==

On Thu, 10 May 2018 08:18:02 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>> 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
>
>
>I always feel sorry for the mail carriers having to do all that lifting,
>they should send a truck around like The Salvation Army or Goodwill does. It
>is a good idea, but the collection is haywire IMO.
>
>Cheri

I have noticed (at least in my area) that two trucks come around. One
gets the donations and the other delivers mail.
Or maybe it's just that my mail person has a bad back and USPS is
helping him out.
Janet US

"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 10 May 2018 08:18:02 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>>> 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
>>
>>
>>I always feel sorry for the mail carriers having to do all that lifting,
>>they should send a truck around like The Salvation Army or Goodwill does.
>>It
>>is a good idea, but the collection is haywire IMO.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> I have noticed (at least in my area) that two trucks come around. One
> gets the donations and the other delivers mail.
> Or maybe it's just that my mail person has a bad back and USPS is
> helping him out.
> Janet US


I'm pretty sure they do it in other places, but so far not at my house in
the past years. They should.

Cheri

On 5/10/2018 11:18 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
>> donated food.
> I always feel sorry for the mail carriers having to do all that lifting,
> they should send a truck around like The Salvation Army or Goodwill
> does. It is a good idea, but the collection is haywire IMO.

I carry my stuff out to the truck. They do have another truck driven
around by volunteer postal employees to help out where I live.

nancy

writes:
>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>> 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
>
>
>I always feel sorry for the mail carriers having to do all that lifting,
>they should send a truck around like The Salvation Army or Goodwill does. It
>is a good idea, but the collection is haywire IMO.
>
>Cheri

my bag gives instructions on sending a financial donation

On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 9:44:52 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
> donated food.
>
> nancy
>
>
My mail carrier just dropped off mail about 10 minutes ago. No
flyer or bags left to donate. It might be next week or the week
after. Usually they leave notices about week to 10 days here before
the food drive.

On 5/10/2018 4:48 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 10-May-2018, " >
> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 9:44:52 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
>>> donated food.

>> My mail carrier just dropped off mail about 10 minutes ago. No
>> flyer or bags left to donate. It might be next week or the week
>> after. Usually they leave notices about week to 10 days here before
>> the food drive.
> A post card announcing the Stamp Out Hunger campaign was dropped off here
> (STL suburb) last Saturday, with pickup specified as being Saturday of this
> week. I just put my bag together and set it by the front door to put out
> Saturday morning.

I got my card this morning. Stamp Out Hunger is May 12. I thought
I missed it because there was a food drive sign in front of the post
office last Saturday.

> My usual letter carrier never works on food drive Saturdays; the man knows
> how to schedule vacation days for maximum benefit. 8-)

Ha, years ago I walked out with my contribution and the carrier was
some guy I'd never seen before. He gave an annoyed sign before rearranging
his face into a pleasant Thank you! I didn't donate for a long time
after that.

i could just drive it to the post office.

nancy

"Cheri" > wrote in message
news
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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
>
>
> I always feel sorry for the mail carriers having to do all that lifting,
> they should send a truck around like The Salvation Army or Goodwill does.
> It

The mail carriers don't do it here. They have no room in the trucks for the
food. They have other people who go around collecting it. And here, it's
just just a mail carrier drive. I don't have the card in front of me but it
was about 8 different organizations doing it.

> wrote in message
...
> On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 9:44:52 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
>> donated food.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
> My mail carrier just dropped off mail about 10 minutes ago. No
> flyer or bags left to donate. It might be next week or the week
> after. Usually they leave notices about week to 10 days here before
> the food drive.

I got a card two says ago. Haven't gotten a bag in years.

On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 5/10/2018 4:48 PM, l not -l wrote:
>> On 10-May-2018, " >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 9:44:52 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
>>>> donated food.
>
>>> My mail carrier just dropped off mail about 10 minutes ago. No
>>> flyer or bags left to donate. It might be next week or the week
>>> after. Usually they leave notices about week to 10 days here before
>>> the food drive.
>> A post card announcing the Stamp Out Hunger campaign was dropped off here
>> (STL suburb) last Saturday, with pickup specified as being Saturday of this
>> week. I just put my bag together and set it by the front door to put out
>> Saturday morning.
>
>I got my card this morning. Stamp Out Hunger is May 12. I thought
>I missed it because there was a food drive sign in front of the post
>office last Saturday.
>
>> My usual letter carrier never works on food drive Saturdays; the man knows
>> how to schedule vacation days for maximum benefit. 8-)
>
>Ha, years ago I walked out with my contribution and the carrier was
>some guy I'd never seen before. He gave an annoyed sign before rearranging
>his face into a pleasant Thank you! I didn't donate for a long time
>after that.
>
>i could just drive it to the post office.
>
>nancy

It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
donate toothpics to food banks for humans. The dwarf and his ilk
would steal first pick.

On 2018-05-10 6:02 PM, wrote:
> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >

>>
>> i could just drive it to the post office.
>>
>> nancy
>
> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
> druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
> donate toothpics to food banks for humans. The dwarf and his ilk
> would steal first pick.

I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If
you can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets. They depend
on owners. They should be fed a diet of the food that is best for them
and should not be switching back and forth depending on what is
available at the food bank.

> wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
> wrote:
>
>>On 5/10/2018 4:48 PM, l not -l wrote:
>>> On 10-May-2018, " >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 9:44:52 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> That's this Saturday, some (most?) US mail carriers will pick up
>>>>> donated food.
>>
>>>> My mail carrier just dropped off mail about 10 minutes ago. No
>>>> flyer or bags left to donate. It might be next week or the week
>>>> after. Usually they leave notices about week to 10 days here before
>>>> the food drive.
>>> A post card announcing the Stamp Out Hunger campaign was dropped off
>>> here
>>> (STL suburb) last Saturday, with pickup specified as being Saturday of
>>> this
>>> week. I just put my bag together and set it by the front door to put
>>> out
>>> Saturday morning.
>>
>>I got my card this morning. Stamp Out Hunger is May 12. I thought
>>I missed it because there was a food drive sign in front of the post
>>office last Saturday.
>>
>>> My usual letter carrier never works on food drive Saturdays; the man
>>> knows
>>> how to schedule vacation days for maximum benefit. 8-)
>>
>>Ha, years ago I walked out with my contribution and the carrier was
>>some guy I'd never seen before. He gave an annoyed sign before
>>rearranging
>>his face into a pleasant Thank you! I didn't donate for a long time
>>after that.
>>
>>i could just drive it to the post office.
>>
>>nancy
>
> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed



I donate to them too.

Cheri

On Thu, 10 May 2018 18:55:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-05-10 6:02 PM, wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
>
>>>
>>> i could just drive it to the post office.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
>> druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
>> donate toothpics to food banks for humans. The dwarf and his ilk
>> would steal first pick.
>
>I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If
>you can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets.

You are a nincompoop... animal shelter critters do not have owners but
they still need to eat... you are dumber than a pile of poop...
actually there is nothing you've ever posted that's believable.... all
your barroom bragert stories.

wrote:
> On Thu, 10 May 2018 18:55:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2018-05-10 6:02 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
>>
>>>>
>>>> i could just drive it to the post office.
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>>
>>> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
>>> druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
>>> donate toothpics to food banks for humans. The dwarf and his ilk
>>> would steal first pick.
>>
>> I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If
>> you can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets.
>
> You are a nincompoop... animal shelter critters do not have owners but
> they still need to eat... you are dumber than a pile of poop...
> actually there is nothing you've ever posted that's believable.... all
> your barroom bragert stories.
>

Oh goody! Popeye is yoose getting ready to tell us another of youse
sailor stories, or even another of yoose sex stories?

On 5/10/2018 6:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>
> I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If
> you can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets.Â* They depend
> on owners.

While that makes sense, not every pet falls into an easy category. What
if an owner loses his job? Get rid of the dog? I have a relative with
two dogs and he cannot always afford to feed them. He took the dogs as
they would have been put down otherwise. They make good companions.

Simple solution. I buy the dog food, he takes care of them, they are
fun when they visit. Win-Win-Win

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2018-05-10 6:02 PM, wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
>
>>>
>>> i could just drive it to the post office.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
>> druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
>> donate toothpics to food banks for humans. The dwarf and his ilk
>> would steal first pick.
>
> I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If you
> can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets. They depend on
> owners. They should be fed a diet of the food that is best for them and
> should not be switching back and forth depending on what is available at
> the food bank.

Although this is true, sometimes a person needs help temporarily and I think
it is better for the pet to stay in their home with a person who loves them.

On 5/11/2018 3:27 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> We have four cats and can easily afford to care for them. However,
> we have considered what we would do if we ever fell on hard times.
> There's no question that we would do less for ourselves and make sure
> that our cats suffered no changes.

Because imagine the agony, cats that don't get their food? You
thought being hard up for money was bad. Heh.

Kidding aside, it's so nice to hear stories like this, people
feeding pets for someone. Very thoughtful.

nancy

On 2018-05-11 3:27 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 10 May 2018 06:26:42p, Ed Pawlowski told us...

>> Simple solution. I buy the dog food, he takes care of them, they
>> are fun when they visit. Win-Win-Win
>>
>>
>
> We were in somewhat the same situation for a while when a close
> friend became widowed and also lost her income. We Bought food and
> treats and toys for her two dogs until she was able to get on her
> feet again.
>
> We have four cats and can easily afford to care for them. However,
> we have considered what we would do if we ever fell on hard times.
> There's no question that we would do less for ourselves and make sure
> that our cats suffered no changes.

There certainly are people who find themselves in hard times and can no
longer afford to care for their pets. AAMOF we recently acquired a cute
little guy whose former owners have health problems and who are so broke
they are having trouble paying their rent. It's nice there are people
like you and Ed who are willing to help out.

I admit that I had a brain fart when I replied to Sheldon. He wrote
shelter and I mistakenly read food bank. My opinion stands regarding the
food bank. While there my be people who find themselves in hard times,
let's not pretend that there are are not people who go out and acquire
pets they cannot afford to care for. A prime example would be the
street people who get a dog to pose for pity donations. Those people
are free to spend their lives begging for cash for drugs and booze, but
the dogs deserve better.

On 5/11/2018 1:02 AM, 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.

>> At any rate, just a heads up for anyone interested in donating.

> 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.

Agreed, but I generally participate in food drives just because it
reminds people. It's not that I think my handful of contributions
is going to solve anything but I play along.

Regarding the bags, there's some mention of them on the card but
I wondered what they were talking about ... we've never once gotten
any kind of bag in the mailbox to go with the card.

nancy

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> While there my be people who find themselves in hard times,
> let's not pretend that there are are not people who go out and acquire
> pets they cannot afford to care for. A prime example would be the
> street people who get a dog to pose for pity donations.

Here's a good one that I've noticed on late night commercials.
Some charity to feed the starving little children in some 3rd
world country. First of all, they show cute little kids to get
your sympathy. But then they show many hard cases...mothers
waiting in a long line for food and those little kids look like
living skeletons, obviously near death from starvation.

What bothers me is all those horribly starving children are being
held by very well fed and healthy looking mothers. I see a big
problem with that.

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

On Fri, 11 May 2018 10:51:58 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 5/11/2018 1:02 AM, 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.
>
>>> At any rate, just a heads up for anyone interested in donating.
>
>> 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.
>
>Agreed, but I generally participate in food drives just because it
>reminds people. It's not that I think my handful of contributions
>is going to solve anything but I play along.
>
snip
>
>nancy

the food drives give me hope that there still exists some kindness and
social responsibility in the U.S.
Janet US

On 2018-05-10 11:02 PM, 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.
>


I agree, 100%!!!!!

> 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.
>
The local Food Bank is one of the best run charities of which I know.
There is a government website where one can review the financial details
of all registered charities in Canada including the salaries paid to the
executives. The Food Bank salaries are very modest and reasonable so I
feel comfortable donating money. That same register of charities
revealed the salary scales of the principal cancer charity, which is why
I stopped donating to them despite having been treated for cancer (I
hate the term "survivor").
Graham

On 2018-05-11 9:52 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

>> 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
>
Oh, Janet!!! Surely you trust the current federal government? :-)
Graham

On 2018-05-11 9:54 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2018 10:51:58 -0400, Nancy Young >
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/11/2018 1:02 AM, 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.
>>
>>>> At any rate, just a heads up for anyone interested in donating.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Agreed, but I generally participate in food drives just because it
>> reminds people. It's not that I think my handful of contributions
>> is going to solve anything but I play along.
>>
> snip
>>
>> nancy
>
> the food drives give me hope that there still exists some kindness and
> social responsibility in the U.S.
> Janet US
>
It's a shame that we need food banks.
Graham

On Fri, 11 May 2018 12:36:07 -0600, graham > wrote:

snip
>The local Food Bank is one of the best run charities of which I know.
>There is a government website where one can review the financial details
>of all registered charities in Canada including the salaries paid to the
>executives. The Food Bank salaries are very modest and reasonable so I
>feel comfortable donating money. That same register of charities
>revealed the salary scales of the principal cancer charity, which is why
>I stopped donating to them despite having been treated for cancer (I
>hate the term "survivor").
>Graham

I too hate survivor as well as battling

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.

On Fri, 11 May 2018 03:00:40 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
>> On 2018-05-10 6:02 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
>>
>>>>
>>>> i could just drive it to the post office.
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>>
>>> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
>>> druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
>>> donate toothpics to food banks for humans. The dwarf and his ilk
>>> would steal first pick.
>>
>> I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If you
>> can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets. They depend on
>> owners. They should be fed a diet of the food that is best for them and
>> should not be switching back and forth depending on what is available at
>> the food bank.
>
>Although this is true, sometimes a person needs help temporarily and I think
>it is better for the pet to stay in their home with a person who loves them.

Lots of homeless people have pets and as they wander the streets
people make sure their pets are fed. One drunk with a cat pushed all
his belongings in a supermarket cart, I would always give him a couple
cans of Friskies for his cat, never gave him money or it would go to
booze. Many of my neigbors left out pet food for the homeless with
pets. The homeless treat their pets very well, it's all the family
they have. I've even paid for a homeless man to bring his cat to the
Vet. The Vet knew he was homeless and only charged $20 for the exam
and shots., I was glad to pay it. But I would never give beans to a
skanky food bank.

On 5/10/2018 6:55 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-05-10 6:02 PM, wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 May 2018 17:18:35 -0400, Nancy Young >
>
>>>
>>> i could just drive it to the post office.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> It's far more important to donate to animal shelters... lazy fat assed
>> druggie ******* humans can get a job and buy their own food... I'd not
>> donate toothpics to food banks for humans.Â* The dwarf and his ilk
>> would steal first pick.
>
> I still disagree about that. Pet ownership involves responsibility. If
> you can't afford to buy pet food you should not have pets.Â* They depend
> on owners.Â* They should be fed a diet of the food that is best for them
> and should not be switching back and forth depending on what is
> available at the food bank.
>
He was talking about donating to animal shelters, not pet food to the
[human] food bank.

Jill

On 5/11/2018 10:58 AM, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> While there my be people who find themselves in hard times,
>> let's not pretend that there are are not people who go out and acquire
>> pets they cannot afford to care for. A prime example would be the
>> street people who get a dog to pose for pity donations.
>
> Here's a good one that I've noticed on late night commercials.
> Some charity to feed the starving little children in some 3rd
> world country. First of all, they show cute little kids to get
> your sympathy. But then they show many hard cases...mothers
> waiting in a long line for food and those little kids look like
> living skeletons, obviously near death from starvation.
>
> What bothers me is all those horribly starving children are being
> held by very well fed and healthy looking mothers. I see a big
> problem with that.
>
I'm not making light of the situation by any means. I did love a line
by comedian Sam Kinison about those children's charities: "Gee, you'd
think someone on the film crew could give that kid a sandwich."

How about if they take the resources used to film those commercials and
put it towards providing clean drinking water, food and medicines instead?

Jill

On Fri, 11 May 2018 16:51:44 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/11/2018 10:58 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> While there my be people who find themselves in hard times,
>>> let's not pretend that there are are not people who go out and acquire
>>> pets they cannot afford to care for. A prime example would be the
>>> street people who get a dog to pose for pity donations.
>>
>> Here's a good one that I've noticed on late night commercials.
>> Some charity to feed the starving little children in some 3rd
>> world country. First of all, they show cute little kids to get
>> your sympathy. But then they show many hard cases...mothers
>> waiting in a long line for food and those little kids look like
>> living skeletons, obviously near death from starvation.
>>
>> What bothers me is all those horribly starving children are being
>> held by very well fed and healthy looking mothers. I see a big
>> problem with that.
>>
>I'm not making light of the situation by any means. I did love a line
>by comedian Sam Kinison about those children's charities: "Gee, you'd
>think someone on the film crew could give that kid a sandwich."
>
>How about if they take the resources used to film those commercials and
>put it towards providing clean drinking water, food and medicines instead?
>
>Jill

The major pet food companies donate semi truck loads to feed needy
pets. In the US there is never any reason for a pet to go hungry. My
wife worked as a CPA for Colgate Palmolive for years, they sent
truckloads to where people needed to feed pets... Science Diet is
Colgate....

On Fri, 11 May 2018 17:24:15 -0400, wrote:

>On Fri, 11 May 2018 16:51:44 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>I'm not making light of the situation by any means. I did love a line
>>by comedian Sam Kinison about those children's charities: "Gee, you'd
>>think someone on the film crew could give that kid a sandwich."
>>
>>How about if they take the resources used to film those commercials and
>>put it towards providing clean drinking water, food and medicines instead?
>>
>>Jill
>
>The major pet food companies donate semi truck loads to feed needy
>pets. In the US there is never any reason for a pet to go hungry. My
>wife worked as a CPA for Colgate Palmolive for years, they sent
>truckloads to where people needed to feed pets... Science Diet is
>Colgate....

"Lots of people donate to charities. Therefore, there are no poor
people."

The reasoning of a 6 year old.

On Fri, 11 May 2018 10:58:36 -0400, Gary > wrote:
snip
>
>Here's a good one that I've noticed on late night commercials.
>Some charity to feed the starving little children in some 3rd
>world country. First of all, they show cute little kids to get
>your sympathy. But then they show many hard cases...mothers
>waiting in a long line for food and those little kids look like
>living skeletons, obviously near death from starvation.
>
>What bothers me is all those horribly starving children are being
>held by very well fed and healthy looking mothers. I see a big
>problem with that.

It doesn't even make sense to make a commercial like that.
I think you see that because that is what you want to see.
You're always the first one and the last one in with a story about
how you know personally how people cheat.
Janet US

On Fri, 11 May 2018 16:00:16 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Fri, 11 May 2018 10:58:36 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>snip
>>
>>Here's a good one that I've noticed on late night commercials.
>>Some charity to feed the starving little children in some 3rd
>>world country. First of all, they show cute little kids to get
>>your sympathy. But then they show many hard cases...mothers
>>waiting in a long line for food and those little kids look like
>>living skeletons, obviously near death from starvation.
>>
>>What bothers me is all those horribly starving children are being
>>held by very well fed and healthy looking mothers. I see a big
>>problem with that.
>
>It doesn't even make sense to make a commercial like that.
>I think you see that because that is what you want to see.
>You're always the first one and the last one in with a story about
>how you know personally how people cheat.

Gary doesn't believe there is bad malnutrition in 3rd world countries.
I won't comment any further.

On Sat, 12 May 2018 08:03:50 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Fri, 11 May 2018 16:00:16 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 11 May 2018 10:58:36 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>snip
>>>
>>>Here's a good one that I've noticed on late night commercials.
>>>Some charity to feed the starving little children in some 3rd
>>>world country. First of all, they show cute little kids to get
>>>your sympathy. But then they show many hard cases...mothers
>>>waiting in a long line for food and those little kids look like
>>>living skeletons, obviously near death from starvation.
>>>
>>>What bothers me is all those horribly starving children are being
>>>held by very well fed and healthy looking mothers. I see a big
>>>problem with that.
>>
>>It doesn't even make sense to make a commercial like that.
>>I think you see that because that is what you want to see.
>>You're always the first one and the last one in with a story about
>>how you know personally how people cheat.
>
>Gary doesn't believe there is bad malnutrition in 3rd world countries.
>I won't comment any further.

No, wait, he was just kidding! Damn, he tricked me again!

U.S. Janet B. 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
>
> I got a case of V-8 and a case of canned tuna.
> Janet US

Here they don't do that but we have a huge annual drive at
Thanksgiving.

On Sat, 12 May 2018 18:37:03 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>U.S. Janet B. 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
>>
>> I got a case of V-8 and a case of canned tuna.
>> Janet US
>
>Here they don't do that but we have a huge annual drive at
>Thanksgiving.

The USPS drive is just one of many around here.