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demmiblue

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13. WHCA Chief Weijia Jiang says they donated the dinners from the White House Correspondents' Dinner to shelters for abused

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 04:42 PM

11 hrs ago

WHCA Chief Weijia Jiang says they donated the dinners from the White House Correspondents' Dinner to shelters for abused women and children.
— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2026-04-27T20:33:07.187Z

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This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Sunday #1

That's what I was hoping malaise Sunday #2

Generally they can't send food like prepared salads, steaks etc to food banks. LeftInTX Sunday #6

True malaise Sunday #7

I beg to defer,... knowledgeable food handlers know how to properly prepare, magicarpet 17 hrs ago #11

Who knows what happened? But they couldn't immediately ship it off because the area was a crime scene. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #12

Thanks malaise 10 hrs ago #16

Yes,.. Learning daily is imperative,... is keeps you from going crispy, dried out, magicarpet 10 hrs ago #17

Someone asked this on another board. The answer provided was that as much as possible was mahatmakanejeeves Sunday #3

Sad malaise Sunday #4

Staff probably took what they want/were able to carry, and then the rest discarded, like a lot of food in this country. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #5

Around 25%, I think, orthoclad Sunday #10

According to AHLA Responsible Stay, the Washington Hilton does have a food waste reduction program pat_k Sunday #8

Great news malaise Sunday #9

WHCA Chief Weijia Jiang says they donated the dinners from the White House Correspondents' Dinner to shelters for abused demmiblue 11 hrs ago #13

Thank you for this and thx Malaise for asking LeftInTX 11 hrs ago #14

Thanks for this malaise 10 hrs ago #15