Re: USPS Food Drive 5/10/2025

On 5/2/2025 8:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

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.
 

As long as it gets to the folks who need it, the delivery venue isn't all that important.  Unless they're like the greedy losers who caused Angel Food Ministries to tank.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Food_Ministries

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.

They probably want to make sure the volunteers aren't going to steal the food donations (or money, if they're involved in the accounting end of things) rather than help with the distributions.
Jill