Spring Food Bank Reminder

jmcquown said:

I just returned from a fabulous trip where I ate the most
incredible food. Prime tenderloin; crab cakes. Lamb chops.
Ground lamb with spinach curry. Veal piccata. Omelets with
spinach and bacon and cream cheese.

Not that I expect to eat like this every day... but think
about it, folks... not everyone can eat like this at all.
They need help. They need basic stuff, like bread and
milk and eggs. They need canned soups and dried pasta and
rice and packages of things we tend to scoff about here
on rfc but which, for some people, are the best meals of
the week.

So give what you can, when you can. The next time you
think about passing by that silly taco dinner kit, toss it
in your cart and add it to the things you plan to give to
help the hungry, the homeless. Give to your local food
bank. It's a gift that is returned threehundredfold.

Jill

In our neighborhood, Saturday, May 8th is Postal Carriers
Food Bank Collection day. As good a time as any. From
personal experience I know the poor folks get alot of plain
bland foods. This year I think I'll get some herbs or
spices. Edrena

You'd be surprised at what food banks get! We have a food
pantry at work where we dispense emergency baskets for
folks. Also, we cook for between 12 and 30 people every day,
six days a week.

In my food bank and "second harvest" type stuff I have
recieved everything from entire wheels of imported brie to
cases of fresh portabellos to 30 lb boned buffalo roasts.

What we like to see in the non-perishables are things like
rice mixes, tuna and canned meats, and canned fruits &
vegetables. These things are easy for our members. Things
you can eat right out of the can are good for homeless folks
or those without cooking facilities. BUT! The BEST stuff of
all you can give are life's necessesities that can't be
bought with food stamps: aluminum foil, ziplock storage
bags, toothpaste, shampoo, bar soap, body wash, and . . .
TOILET PAPER!!!!!

Thank you on behalf of the hungry, the disabled & the
great unwashed
:-)
Lynn from Fargo Making a "Road to Morocco" dinner next
Wednesday!

Lynn Gifford said:

You'd be surprised at what food banks get! We have a food
pantry at work where we dispense emergency baskets for
folks. Also, we cook for between 12 and 30 people every
day, six days a week.

In my food bank and "second harvest" type stuff I have
recieved everything from entire wheels of imported brie to
cases of fresh portabellos to 30 lb boned buffalo roasts.

What we like to see in the non-perishables are things like
rice mixes, tuna and canned meats, and canned fruits &
vegetables. These things are easy for our members. Things
you can eat right out of the can are good for homeless
folks or those without cooking facilities. BUT! The BEST
stuff of all you can give are life's necessesities that
can't be bought with food stamps: aluminum foil, ziplock
storage bags, toothpaste, shampoo, bar soap, body wash,
and . . . TOILET PAPER!!!!!

Thank you on behalf of the hungry, the disabled & the
great unwashed
:-)

Okay, I wish to not upset anyone here on the rfc newsgroup
but ... what one thing on the list of stuff requested to be
shipped down to Florida after Hurricane Hugo was female
sanitary products.

nancy (sorry if it offends the squeemish, of which I am)
(giggling)

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

nancy (sorry if it offends the squeemish, of which I am)
(giggling)

You are? I didn't know that! Does that mean you don't want
me to tell you about my friend? She was in labour for 3 days
and when she finally gave birth, the baby... >:-} (that's my
evil grin--does it look evil?)

rona
--
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and they will
[censored] upon your computer."
--Bruce Graham

(Lynn Gifford) said:

What we like to see in the non-perishables are things like
rice mixes, tuna and canned meats, and canned fruits &
vegetables. These things are easy for our members. Things
you can eat right out of the can are good for homeless
folks or those without cooking facilities. BUT! The BEST
stuff of all you can give are life's necessesities that
can't be bought with food stamps: aluminum foil, ziplock
storage bags, toothpaste, shampoo, bar soap, body wash,
and . . . TOILET PAPER!!!!!

Also please remember families with food allergies, and (if
you can) give rice and spelt noodles, wheat-free soup mixes,
canned meats, rice flour, etc. Trying to feed a child with a
life-threatening allergy is difficult at the best of times,
almost impossible when you've lost everything and are
sleeping in a tent or in the back of your car.

wd40

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

nancy (sorry if it offends the squeemish, of which I am)
(giggling)

You are? I didn't know that! Does that mean you don't want
me to tell you about my friend? She was in labour for 3
days and when she finally gave birth, the baby... >:-}
(that's my evil grin--does it look evil?)

Extremely so! I always thought you might be evil.

nancy

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Extremely so! I always thought you might be evil.

nancy

I like to hide that part of me in the shadows, and then let
it out when people least expect it. It's fun :-).

rona (just call me crouching tiger)

--
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and they will
[censored] upon your computer."
--Bruce Graham