It’s that time of year again when I remind people that donating even $5 to food banks and pantries is better than saddling them with all your unwanted canned foods.

Canned goods have a particularly low rate of charitable return. They’re heavy and awkward to manage, they’re difficult to fit into a family’s meal plan. Ppl buy their canned goods at 4x the bulk price that can be obtained by food banks. Please just donate a few bucks.

I share this, btw, not to criticize anyone. So many of us grew up doing canned food drives at school/church--it& #39;s something we automatically do around the holidays now because we& #39;ve been told it& #39;s more helpful than it is. Just trying to correct this idea.

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It’s also never lost on me that people and families shouldn’t have to rely food banks and pantries for survival but I appreciate everyone who’s making contributionshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">