Giving to the Food Bank?

[NeverendingJen]

every year when they do the mailbox donations we clean out our pantry to donate.

[scrapperjade]

Originally Posted by NeverendingJen

every year when they do the mailbox donations we clean out our pantry to donate.

That's awesome! They don't have a program like that where I live. I just take my pantry items to the city when we go and put it in the Food Bank Donations box at the grocery store.

[kbbeale]

Why not physically take your children to a shelter to donate so they can actually see where their donations are going? I know the visual thing helps my children understand that there are people that are less fortunate than us and dont have a place to call home. I dont know if this is allowed, but worth looking into.

Kristen

[scrapperjade]

I like that idea too Kristen! My DD is only 2.5, but I might do this in a couple years when she's older!

[pewtertm]

Our church has a food pantry (food bank) that we donate to.

[KyRainbow]

We live in a college town, and the Lamda Chi Alpha fraternity does a food drive every year where they will come and pick up whatever donations you have for the food bank, and we do that one. We also do the one done by the USPS where they pick up bags of food when they deliver your mail. Casey's school also does two food drives a year, one at Thanksgiving and one at Easter, which we always send a bag of food in for. We also participate in the school supply drive every summer (which is also done by one of the local fraternities). For each one I take Casey to the store and let her pick out what grocery (or school supply) items she wants to donate. (I usually spend about $10 for each one)

[newfiemountiewife]

A couple of Christmases ago, we asked a local church if they knew a deserving family. We bought for them some gifts, a full pantry of groceries, a ham and a turkey. It was the most fulfilled and wonderful I've felt in my whole life. The kids felt amazing too, you could tell they did. They felt so happy to have given so much to someone who really needed it.

I think in this day and age, where a lot of kids feel so entitled, you might have to do stuff like the Beiber concert to get what you need. I think it's lame, but it's unfortunately how a lot of kids are being raised these days.

[*Celeste*]

we have two or three food drives a year at school. i also write a check for food share for the annual walk that my company sponsors. the boy scouts also collect cans at meetings and work at thanksgiving asks for turkey donations and cash. we do - but i'm not sure they are learning why.