have everyone bring canned goods for food banks . . .

[OneBlueSky]

okay, it's a bit hokey for an inauguration . . . but it sure as hell would send a message . . .

[CTyankee]

1. We can all encourage that right now. It's a good xmas time activity for an office

or a company to do as well.

My granddaughter's Girl Scout troop planted and cared for a plot of land donated by a local organic farmer for the express purpose of donating the food to a food bank. I was proud of her...

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[bunkerbuster1]

2. Not hokey at all.

If anyone could pull it off and make such an enterprise productive and self-sufficient, I'd think it would be team Obama.

Hell, put a team of bicyclists on generators that would power the damn thing. Works for me.

(only partly kidding about that last thing.)

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10. why not add frozen foods?

We have refrigerators, even poor people most likely, if not then coolers.

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[Ocracoker16]

12. food banks are having a hard time feeding everybody

[mrmpa]

119. a lot of small food banks don't have refrigerators available to

keep food cold

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38. Are you sure what you bring doesn't have sugar in it? High fructose corn syrup? Fat?

Hell, it probably shouldn't be that staple--tuna.

There are purist DUers here who like to criticise what poor folk are able to eat, so everyone needs to be very careful what they donate, lest more poor people are criticised for what they are GIVEN.

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42. Oh, I MUST support this thread!

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43. Like this?

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[Arugula Latte]

46. Whoa .... Time warp.

I was confused until I saw the date on the OP. :crazy:

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47. Yeah! Major time warp

[winyanstaz]

48. ok, I have some news.....or maybe not so news as this has been going on for some time now....

This is supposed to be a big secret of Fred Meyers...and I am sure a lot of other large corporation stores are doing the same dang thing.
Fred Meyers is dumping it's pulled produce into the garbage and refusing to give it to the food banks while pretending to be such a good company for the community in public.
I have even heard them claim they are helping the community food banks because of their plastic can they put out front for the customers to fill. I understand all that doesn't always make it to the food banks either.
Their excuse for dumping their food in the garbage instead of sharing it is this : (overheard at a manager's meeting) that "if the employees found out the food was going to the food bank to help people, they MIGHT start pulling some produce out before it was too rotten or not as close to the expiration date and the company would lose money."
(Never mind they can write off the food on their taxes...it would just be bad for the company to help the food banks I guess.)
So, while the food banks in your community have nothing but a few rotten things for the people to pick over and bare shelves in a time of great need in America...tons of perfectly still usable food is rotting away in the bottom of Fred Meyer's garbage cans.

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51. Kick These are very tough times for many people.

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58. It was the cub scout food drive today! Yes, I donated cans

and cash. The bags were picked up within 5 minutes of setting them on the porch. Hope the scouts got alot this year, it's really needed now.

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65. Here is another idea we used to do at a catholic church on work at on a military base.

They have a children's mass every sunday. During the time the priest is getting ready to pray for communion they play a children's christain song and the alter boys and girls bring a big basket up and the little children can bring a can goods for the basket. This is done every week. If anyone needs something we can give it to them. It doesn't even matter what religion you are. Everyone was welcome who is in need. We have even helped civilians that worked for the military.

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75. that's a good idea, but donating money is more beneficial to them

they can stretch those dollars much further than we can.

let's keep this kicked for visibility

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79. they did that for a rally I attended in November

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88. I'm gonna kick this thread only until it reaches 500 more views..

then i will start kickin the other thread..

these threads never get archived. they remain active on page 21 of general discussion.

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91. You also need to volunteer to stock the shelves.

So many of these pantries are run by one or two persons. In my small town after the Boy Scout or school drives they are overwhelmed by the amount of food and need all the help they can get organizing the larder. One or two days a week is nothing if you have the time.

I am retired and don't spend my extra time with the Tea Party crowd, so I do have the time. It gives you a sense of well being to help these struggling families feed their children. How can anyone not want to help their fellow man? How did this country get so off kilter?

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104. We just bought 8 boxes of cerial to donate at the local grocery store...

They had them on sale for four for 10 bucks

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115. support your local food pantries too

go AFAC
volunteer opportunities await

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117. Have everyone bring canned goods for good banks...for 9/11

Or Halloween! Or your birthday! Or Valentines Day!

Get involved in your community and do something concrete.

(As an aside to those who KNOW that writing a check is more beneficial, I say that people who haven't ever donated before need the physical act of placing that item in a basket, understanding it will go to someone in need. It starts a chain reaction. And to those of you who HAVE worked at Food Banks, this is a good time to get the check book out.)

I'd love to see THIS as the thread that never dies....

[mrmpa]

118. Whenever there is a food drive

be it Boy Scouts or Postal Workers, I go the store and buy specifically for the drive. My postal worker sighs when he sees the box I have packed. I usually buy with the thought that children will be receiving this food, so there's a lot of beefaroni, mac & cheese and chicken noodle soup.

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123. Link to how this can be done cheaper (an OP by noamnety):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9117865

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