have everyone bring canned goods for food banks . . .

[OneBlueSky]

okay, it's a bit hokey for an inauguration . . . but it sure as hell would send a message . . .

[CTyankee]

1. We can all encourage that right now. It's a good xmas time activity for an office

or a company to do as well.

My granddaughter's Girl Scout troop planted and cared for a plot of land donated by a local organic farmer for the express purpose of donating the food to a food bank. I was proud of her...

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[bunkerbuster1]

2. Not hokey at all.

If anyone could pull it off and make such an enterprise productive and self-sufficient, I'd think it would be team Obama.

Hell, put a team of bicyclists on generators that would power the damn thing. Works for me.

(only partly kidding about that last thing.)

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[KakistocracyHater]

10. why not add frozen foods?

We have refrigerators, even poor people most likely, if not then coolers.

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[Ocracoker16]

12. food banks are having a hard time feeding everybody

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38. Are you sure what you bring doesn't have sugar in it? High fructose corn syrup? Fat?

Hell, it probably shouldn't be that staple--tuna.

There are purist DUers here who like to criticise what poor folk are able to eat, so everyone needs to be very careful what they donate, lest more poor people are criticised for what they are GIVEN.

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42. Oh, I MUST support this thread!

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[Arugula Latte]

46. Whoa .... Time warp.

I was confused until I saw the date on the OP.

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. Yeah! Major time warp

[winyanstaz]

48. ok, I have some news.....or maybe not so news as this has been going on for some time now....

This is supposed to be a big secret of Fred Meyers...and I am sure a lot of other large corporation stores are doing the same dang thing.
Fred Meyers is dumping it's pulled produce into the garbage and refusing to give it to the food banks while pretending to be such a good company for the community in public.
I have even heard them claim they are helping the community food banks because of their plastic can they put out front for the customers to fill. I understand all that doesn't always make it to the food banks either.
Their excuse for dumping their food in the garbage instead of sharing it is this : (overheard at a manager's meeting) that "if the employees found out the food was going to the food bank to help people, they MIGHT start pulling some produce out before it was too rotten or not as close to the expiration date and the company would lose money."
(Never mind they can write off the food on their taxes...it would just be bad for the company to help the food banks I guess.)
So, while the food banks in your community have nothing but a few rotten things for the people to pick over and bare shelves in a time of great need in America...tons of perfectly still usable food is rotting away in the bottom of Fred Meyer's garbage cans.

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51. Kick These are very tough times for many people.

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58. It was the cub scout food drive today! Yes, I donated cans

and cash. The bags were picked up within 5 minutes of setting them on the porch. Hope the scouts got alot this year, it's really needed now.

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65. Here is another idea we used to do at a catholic church on work at on a military base.

They have a children's mass every sunday. During the time the priest is getting ready to pray for communion they play a children's christain song and the alter boys and girls bring a big basket up and the little children can bring a can goods for the basket. This is done every week. If anyone needs something we can give it to them. It doesn't even matter what religion you are. Everyone was welcome who is in need. We have even helped civilians that worked for the military.