"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> You'll spend money to buy them food, but you won't just give them the
>> money which would buy 5x as food. Uh, OK.
>
> Her money! Her choice! At least she IS giving which is commendable.

He is wrong on this though. I did write to them. And I do try to give what
they need. Why would they make a list of needed donations if they'd rather
we give money? Might work that way where he is but here, they do want
donations. And if I am giving them things that I got for free with a coupon
or things we can no longer use, then it's not like I'm going out and buying
them. Yes, I did buy things this time. But over $40 worth of food and HBA
for just over $19 is pretty good.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> He is wrong on this though. I did write to them. And I do try to give what
> they need. Why would they make a list of needed donations if they'd rather
> we give money? Might work that way where he is but here, they do want
> donations. And if I am giving them things that I got for free with a coupon
> or things we can no longer use, then it's not like I'm going out and buying
> them. Yes, I did buy things this time. But over $40 worth of food and HBA
> for just over $19 is pretty good.

Julie, the fact that you do give regularly to the food bank is commendable.
Not many go out of their way to do this. I'm sure they appreciate whatever
you can give them in whatever form. Good job!

Gary

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> He is wrong on this though. I did write to them. And I do try to give
>> what
>> they need. Why would they make a list of needed donations if they'd
>> rather
>> we give money? Might work that way where he is but here, they do want
>> donations. And if I am giving them things that I got for free with a
>> coupon
>> or things we can no longer use, then it's not like I'm going out and
>> buying
>> them. Yes, I did buy things this time. But over $40 worth of food and
>> HBA
>> for just over $19 is pretty good.
>
> Julie, the fact that you do give regularly to the food bank is
> commendable.
> Not many go out of their way to do this. I'm sure they appreciate
> whatever
> you can give them in whatever form. Good job!
>
> Gary


I agree 100%. Good for you Julie!

Cheri

"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Gary" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> He is wrong on this though. I did write to them. And I do try to give
>>> what
>>> they need. Why would they make a list of needed donations if they'd
>>> rather
>>> we give money? Might work that way where he is but here, they do want
>>> donations. And if I am giving them things that I got for free with a
>>> coupon
>>> or things we can no longer use, then it's not like I'm going out and
>>> buying
>>> them. Yes, I did buy things this time. But over $40 worth of food and
>>> HBA
>>> for just over $19 is pretty good.
>>
>> Julie, the fact that you do give regularly to the food bank is
>> commendable.
>> Not many go out of their way to do this. I'm sure they appreciate
>> whatever
>> you can give them in whatever form. Good job!
>>
>> Gary
>
>
> I agree 100%. Good for you Julie!

Thanks!

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> He is wrong on this though. I did write to them. And I do try to give
>> what
>> they need. Why would they make a list of needed donations if they'd
>> rather
>> we give money? Might work that way where he is but here, they do want
>> donations. And if I am giving them things that I got for free with a
>> coupon
>> or things we can no longer use, then it's not like I'm going out and
>> buying
>> them. Yes, I did buy things this time. But over $40 worth of food and
>> HBA
>> for just over $19 is pretty good.
>
> Julie, the fact that you do give regularly to the food bank is
> commendable.
> Not many go out of their way to do this. I'm sure they appreciate
> whatever
> you can give them in whatever form. Good job!

Thanks!

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 May 2013 02:34:42 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> You'll spend money to buy them food, but you won't just give them the
>>>> money which would buy 5x as food. Uh, OK.
>>>
>>> Her money! Her choice! At least she IS giving which is commendable.
>>
>> He is wrong on this though. I did write to them. And I do try to give
>> what
>> they need. Why would they make a list of needed donations if they'd
>> rather
>> we give money?
>
> Uh, obviously they'll take either. But I guarantee you they'd rather
> have the money. And you'd be foolish to think otherwise.
>
> I looked at their donations list (they list *Monetary Donations*
> before food, BTW). I have to say that about half the food on their
> list are pretty odd. Olives, Jell-O, chocolate chips, brown sugar,
> cocoa, top ramen, for example. Not exactly very nutritious list. No
> mention of vegetables or fruit except for onions (great for kids
> lunches!). Then they list a bunch of non-food items - moreso than
> food.

Agree with you on that one. Used to be that they would take no unhealthy
foods at all and they requested that we only give whole grains and no sugar
items. I believe (but I could be wrong) that they also asked for no rice or
beans because they had an outside source for them. When I had mentioned
this to my friend, she thought it was odd so I went to the website to check
and all of a sudden that list had changed! I then checked the food bank
that her adult daughter uses and they had the disclaimer about the healthy
foods. She thought this was even more odd based on what her daughter
usually got there which was some kind of stale pastry and a lot of Ramen.
She said her daughter rarely ever got any fresh food. Not entirely sure who
runs that one. I tried looking again just the other day and it looks like
Northwest Harvest but I thought it used to be something else.

And yes, they do now list a lot of non-food items. Those didn't used to be
listed there at all. We did give a lot of those items at Christmas time but
they haven't changed that list since then. I did send a request for them to
kindly change the list of needed items since it is no longer winter.
Obviously they did not. But if you poke around there, you'll find a list of
things needed throughout the year and again, it has a lot of non-food items
on there.

We do seem to have an ever increasing amount of needy/homeless people in
this area. We are seeing more and more people holding up signs for help.
So much so that the cities have been putting up no loitering signs in the
areas where they are doing this. Often they are by the side of the road or
in the middle of the road, standing on a piece of tarred area (can't
remember the name for it). I have never seen anyone give them money and I
don't think anyone really could unless they happened to be walking by. But
those people are never standing in an area where another person would
normally walk.

AFAIK there are no homeless shelters in this area and no soup kitchens. I
have also tried checking into low income housing and don't see any of that
listed for here either. Although there is an apartment complex very near
here where people seem to move when they lose their houses. We see it quite
a bit. Angela knows some kids who live there and has been in one apartment.
She said it was very small, especially the kitchen area, and the rent is
pretty low compared to other places in this area. The crime rate is also
high. When the stolen property was found in our trees, it came from there.
>
>> Might work that way where he is but here, they do want
>> donations.
>
> Lay off the crack, Julie. Like I said, money first, product second.
> Even with a small operation such as that one. Not sure why you have
> "competing" food banks in your area - seems counter-productive (Maltby
> is no competition for Northwest Harvest, though).

Yeah, you said it. Again, don't know this is true. And if indeed Angela
works for them, I will find out more. Never said they were competition for
Northwest Harvest but they don't serve this area so it's all a moot point.
As I said, there seems to be few resources for the poor in this area. But
more and more people are being forced to move due to foreclosures on their
houses. We seem to be one of the lucky ones. There are so few jobs here
now and most of those that are, do not pay a wage that one can live on. My
husband just started his new job here, although it will involve some travel
to TX and NY. Oh hey! You two might run into each other! Bwahaha!

If I could afford to give them money, I would. But I am not wealthy. So I
give them what I can, when I can. And I do try to give what they are in
need of.

On 5/20/2013 10:22 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

> We seem to be one of the lucky ones. There are so few jobs here
> now and most of those that are, do not pay a wage that one can live on. My
> husband just started his new job here, although it will involve some travel
> to TX and NY. Oh hey! You two might run into each other! Bwahaha!

So glad your husband found a job, Julie, that is wonderful news.

Becca

"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
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> On 5/20/2013 10:22 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> We seem to be one of the lucky ones. There are so few jobs here
>> now and most of those that are, do not pay a wage that one can live on.
>> My
>> husband just started his new job here, although it will involve some
>> travel
>> to TX and NY. Oh hey! You two might run into each other! Bwahaha!
>
> So glad your husband found a job, Julie, that is wonderful news.
>
> Becca

Yes and it's a good one too! They bought him a Smart phone and he said
there is a lot of food there.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 20 May 2013 08:22:29 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Yeah, you said it. Again, don't know this is true. And if indeed Angela
>> works for them, I will find out more. Never said they were competition
>> for
>> Northwest Harvest but they don't serve this area so it's all a moot
>> point.
>
> I already pointed out that they do indeed serve your area. They serve
> the whole state of Washington. You may not hear about them as much
> since they don't really distribute food to the end-users. They supply
> much of the food to the individual food pantries who in turn
> distribute it to the clients. They may even supply the USDA food to
> Maltby - but it appears that Maltby does a lot of their own
> collections and product salvage.

I do not think they supply to Maltby but I could be wrong. The donation
bins out here are mostly for them. There is one in Mill Creek for some
place called Brothers or something like that. And I think there is a
Northwest Harvest bin in Woodinville. If I were to have to use the food
bank it is Maltby that I would have to use. Therefore I consider it to be
mine.