If you are planning on helping families at a food bank this season, things you probably don’t know. 1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks. 2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of. 3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti noodles. 4. They cannot eat all the awesome canned veggies and soup unless you put a can opener in too or buy pop tops. 5. Oil is a luxury but needed for Rice a-Roni which they also get a lot of. 6. Spices or salt and pepper would be a real Christmas gift. 7. Tea bags and coffee make them feel like you care. 8. Sugar and flour are treats. 9. They fawn over fresh produce donated by farmers and grocery stores. 10. Seeds are cool in Spring and Summer because growing can be easy for some. 11. They rarely get fresh meat. 12. Tuna and crackers make a good lunch. 13. Hamburger Helper goes nowhere without ground beef. 14. They get lots of peanut butter and jelly but usually not sandwich bread. 15. Butter or margarine is nice too. 16. Eggs are a real commodity. 17. Cake mix and frosting makes it possible to make a child’s birthday cake. 18. Dishwashing detergent is very expensive and is always appreciated. 19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury and women will cry over that. 20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing. In all the years I have donated food at the Holidays, I bought what I thought they wanted but have never asked. I am glad I did. If you are helping a Family this Christmas, maybe this can help you tailor it more. It does for me!
: Edna De la Cruz
God bless you for caring enough to help.
7 thoughts on “A PSA For Those Who Donate To Food Banks And Food Dives For The Holidays”
Damn good post.
I hadn’t even considered a few of those ideas.
74,retired and on Social Security and I have a budget of about $30 per week for food donations. The place I donate asked for eggs when I told them I would spend my budget anyway they wanted. I and my siblings starved as children and that’s why I do it, I know the crushing pain of not enough food and no idea when there will be more.
I swear that no one who hasn’t ever been hungry like that will ever understand.
This is the reason I have so much trouble with my wife only keeping enough food on hand for one week at a time. It drives me insane.
If you hunt, make sure to donate as much meat as you can. Most states have programs that will pay for the processing, or just find those in your area that may need extra and drop off some “because you have so much”.
Damn good post.
I hadn’t even considered a few of those ideas.
GREAT PSA!
74,retired and on Social Security and I have a budget of about $30 per week for food donations. The place I donate asked for eggs when I told them I would spend my budget anyway they wanted. I and my siblings starved as children and that’s why I do it, I know the crushing pain of not enough food and no idea when there will be more.
I swear that no one who hasn’t ever been hungry like that will ever understand.
This is the reason I have so much trouble with my wife only keeping enough food on hand for one week at a time. It drives me insane.
If you hunt, make sure to donate as much meat as you can. Most states have programs that will pay for the processing, or just find those in your area that may need extra and drop off some “because you have so much”.
Great point!
The jeets in TGWN are stripping the banks bare before the people born here even get an chance to get anything of nutritional value. FUCK the turd™.