> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 12:45:08 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> > wrote in message
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>> > On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 9:42:15 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
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>> >> Any other suggestions for shelf-stable and/or or canned items to put
>> >> in
>> >> the food bank bin?
>> >>
>> >> Jill
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>> >>
>> > Don't shoot the messenger but how about donating some boxes of
>> > Hamburger Helper or boxes of macaroni and/or spaghetti? These
>> > are all shelf stable items.
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>> But those are not canned and...
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> Learn to read, dummy. Jill's post said they are requesting
> ***shelf-stable AND/OR canned items.*** About the only people
> that will be, if any, eating directly out of the can are going
> to be transients aka drifter/hobo/homeless.

That's not necessarily true. And in this area, many served by the food bank
*are* homeless.