Re: USPS Food Drive 5/10/2025

On Sat, 3 May 2025 1:09:00 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:

Dave Smith wrote on 5/2/2025 7:05 PM:

On 2025-05-02 6:06 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:

I found a card from the USPS in the mailbox today:
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The second Saturday in May, the US Postal Service will be collecting
food for the needy.  (They may or may not be participating in your
area; best to check locally.)
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I make a point of donating to the local food bank a few times a year.
It's a bonus whenever the USPS offers to pick it up.  Be sure to put
the flag up on the mailbox so they know to pick up your donation.
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The question arises, what should be donated?  For one thing, they
don't want items in glass jars.  The issue there is breakage.  They
do prefer canned items have pop-top lids although not everything in
cans comes with those type lids.
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I already have a number of things in the pantry (dried pasta, canned
tomato sauce, some dried beans) I will put in the donation bag on
5/10. I'll also be making a separate shopping trip to add a few items
including canned fruit and some canned vegetables.
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Anyone else in the US know about the upcoming food drive?  Are you
planning to participate?
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I don't bother with those food drive things because we support the food
bank at my wife's church.  Every month we buy 3 cases of Oasis fruit
juice tetra packs and other stuff. We get the Oasis drinks at Costco and
I did a Costco run this morning. She picks up other stuff to donate.
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I used to help out with the food bank but a few years ago the church
required all their helpers to get a police check. Apparently there is a
requirement for people working with vulnerable people are required to
get this search done.  I have nothing to worry about but I strongly
objected to having to pay for a criminal record search so that I can
work for free to help out people who probably have one.

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Damn.  Fuck those people Dave. Everyone knows you are the finest
policeman in Canada.  If they won't take your word for it, tell them to
fuck off.  And dump some trash at their office.

Offiser Dave is just being a bloviating ass, Sire Hank...
I've volunteered for years, and in EVERY single case, potential
volunteers are required to undergo a criminal background check at least
st the state level - and several required a Federal - level check, with
fingerprints being vetted by the FBI in DC...
In Offiser Dave's case, the church also serves/has present children, and
they are *specifically* screening to exclude anyone with a child
predation criminal record...
They also simply want to confirm that "you are who you say you are"...
If they didn't, the church is open to MASSIVE criminal/civil penalties
if an "incident" occurs...
Anyways, I'm sure that church is relieved to not have the insufferable
GROUCH Offiser Dave around, lol...!!!
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