MISSION POSSIBLE! The Food Bank Challenge Thread ***CRUCIAL MISSION UPDATE!!!

[FallenPixels]

Check if your local foodbank accept non food donations first, mine only accepts food and infant formula, so anything else - who knows what happens to it

[Insane]

The next mission should be toothpaste!

[Insane]

Check if your local foodbank accept non food donations first, mine only accepts food and infant formula, so anything else - who knows what happens to it

Mine is only food. It's such a small thing that they can't give other stuff. But the women's shelter, men's shelter and the youth drop in all take other stuff.

[FallenPixels]

Yeah same here, its a tiny foodbank and they take just dry foods

we don't have a local men's shelter but in the last few weeks, I dropped off 48 cans of soup, 10 Old Dutch Chips and 16 Knorr Sidekicks to the foodbank

and 10 gift bags with these (or similar brands) to the women's shelter and threw a bag of Old Dutch into them too

[seapotato]

Great thread!

[princessd]

donated 4 boxes today
-food items (pantry/ fridge/ frozen)
-deo's/ shave gel/tooth paste & brushes

[ninna]

love the title of your thread!

love the generousity of all sc-er's accepting "the mission" even more!

great brag--for everyone!

[lshortt]

Instead of the Food Bank my things will be going to the local young parents association here called "The Rose of Durham" they provide counseling to young parents. They have a cupboard of personal care items for the parents that include deodorants, body washes, kotex products, baby items everything we are getting for "free".. as well as there is always the United Way and the Salvation Army if your Food Bank will not take stuff...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE...XOXOXOX FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORKS

[ahatt]

Ohh that makes sense! Thank you

shampoo is more of a necessity; conditioner is a nice 'extra' (ie. many men don't bother with conditioner.)

Awesome job!

with the few coupons I had. I went to Zellers and bought:
6 cans of Gillette shaving cream
6 bottles of greenworks dishsoap
4 mini bottles of Pantene shampoo
will add some more stuff later from our own stash and donate this week

[FallenPixels]

Instead of the Food Bank my things will be going to the local young parents association here called "The Rose of Durham" they provide counseling to young parents. They have a cupboard of personal care items for the parents that include deodorants, body washes, kotex products, baby items everything we are getting for "free".. as well as there is always the United Way and the Salvation Army if your Food Bank will not take stuff...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE...XOXOXOX FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORKS

That sounds like a great group to give to

As far as United Way, Salvation Army and the like, I refer smaller groups who do not spend 35%+ of their monetary donations on administration for any donation - even food and the like. My local united way spends 15% on administration compared to 35% at the Salvation Army (and my new beef with them is sunshine bags to prisoners using the victims fund money) - guess which one gets my donation!

[lshortt]

that is why I donate products and not money to them

[garbagepicker]

Thanks! One youth shelter we donate to prefers the sample sizes as the 'kids'are always on the move..I donated some greenworks to our local food bank and they were over the moon! Will be getting more soon!
Great thread!

Gaylene

[jaxflower]

I put together a huge box after seeing this thread and checking on the "Feed the Need" website for most needed items. My closest drop-off is the Salvation Army right in town, I'll take the stuff over tomorrow as they are only open Mon. and Thurs. My dh and I also put together 4 big boxes and bought turkeys for a specific family for Christmas through St. Vincent de Paul's. So at first I was thinking that I really didn't want to give away any more of my "stash" but then I got a bunch of Old Spice and Greenworks and thought about how much we have and how little others have. Merry Christmas everyone, great thread, thanks nancyrose!
jax

[ahatt]

That's very nice of you! I didn't even know we had a Salvation Army in Bowmanville! DH & I have been donating to Simcoe Settlement House because he volunteers there occasionally.

I put together a huge box after seeing this thread and checking on the "Feed the Need" website for most needed items. My closest drop-off is the Salvation Army right in town, I'll take the stuff over tomorrow as they are only open Mon. and Thurs. My dh and I also put together 4 big boxes and bought turkeys for a specific family for Christmas through St. Vincent de Paul's. So at first I was thinking that I really didn't want to give away any more of my "stash" but then I got a bunch of Old Spice and Greenworks and thought about how much we have and how little others have. Merry Christmas everyone, great thread, thanks nancyrose!
jax

[DiamondLil]

You guys rock. I am always touched by the generousity of SC'ers...