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In reply to the discussion: I've been trying to decide whether to share this or not [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)15. Nice story, thanks. You should be proud of yourself....
If anyone can, the best thing they can do is things like this or make contributions to reputable church food banks.
A few years ago I was driving past a park in the middle of town. There was a long line of people near a truck. It turns out it was the monthly food bank handing out bags of fresh food to poor people.
I did a little research, and this is a regional thing in our area organized by a local non-denominational church not far from me. It's a great program, virtually no overhead and the people running it are truly dedicated. I don't know the exact number, but each dollar buys enough food for a person for a whole day.
A week or so later I went down to the church and gave them a cash donation. The minister wanted to give me a receipt (I guess some people do it for "tax deductions" , but I refused, telling him to just make sure the money goes straight to buying food. I didn't say this, but I thought to myself I wasn't doing this to get "credit" for it.
The next year I gave a little more, and in January I gave them $300. That's enough to feed 10 people for a month! It really goes a long way.
Again, glad you thought about doing that, it was very nice and I'm sure appreciated. People should do more things like this if they can.
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