February 02, 2009
Ingrates.
This caught my eye: Outdated items jar food bank client.
Wow. You're getting free food, and are complaining that your daughter got sick because YOU didn't read the best before date?
Whatever happened to taking responsibility for yourself and your family? How hard it is to read a label?
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I am a fellow closet conservative, but I disagree with you here. Yes, everyone should have personal responsibility (especially when they are also responsible for their child's welfare), but it is insulting for people to use food banks to get rid of their old pantry contents, instead of putting these things in the garbage. I once helped at our church's food drive and was appalled at some of the garbage we received. The worst was a packet of martini mixer that looked as if it had been purchased back in the 1960's. Luckily those of us who were helping went through everything the church received and disposed of this and other stuff that was unacceptable to donate.
Dear Anonymous:
I agree with you that "donors" should actually be donating goods that are usable to the cause and not just crap they find in the back of the cupboard.
However - having said that - there is two sides to that supposed "generous" coin; those that give because they want to give (my donation is usually monetary allowing the food bank to purchase what it needs....) and the well-intentioned but heartless "drives" that can be put into place.
A case in point: my husband works at a large company in Toronto. They had a "food drive day" where everyone was given a paper bag and was expected to bring it to the office with canned goods to donate.
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It was a fairly "public" event - in that employees were also expected to bring a pot-luck dish for a company luncheon.
My husband is higher up in the company - and this was no burden on him nor I (who of course both filled the bag and made the pot luck!) but there were people in his department who he knows both events would have added to a financial hardship.
So next time you look at a shrivelled package of martini-mix.... ask yourself how close the donor might be to using the food bank they've been forced to donate to.
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