many individuals and organizations are hosting canned food drives to help during this crisis, but a food bank worker could take that $1 you spent on 1 item and get 4-5x worth of value, as well as the targeted items/resources they need. monetary donations are almost always best

of course if you already have canned food, there's nothing wrong with donating it. help however you can. it's always appreciated. but just for future reference, your money could be most efficiently utilized by the experts who directly manage getting resources to people

it often feels better to give back firsthand, rather than making a donation. if that's what you want, you can volunteer or fundraise. if not, countless non-profits could use all the monetary aid they can get in this time of need

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