Canned goods are non-perishable. Used needles carry contaminate. One is useful, the other isn’t.
Umm… is this post edited or something. I’m seeing
Donating canned goods to food pantries is like donating needles and syringes to a cancer research organization
I don’t see the word “used” in it. So, it sounds like he’s saying donating medical supplies to an organization that does medical research?
To which I’d say yes both seem helpful to an organization that helps people in need.
To which I’d say yes both seem helpful to an organization that helps people in need.
But cash is much more universal and allows the cancer research organization to get exactly what they need rather then whatever needles people feel like donating. It’s the same thing with food pantries. You can donate 10 cans of vegetable soup, but if the food bank doesn’t need that at the time, you’ve just wasted your money on vegetable soup when you could have just donated cash.
I mean I guess, but if it’s an organization conducting medical research, I’d assume they already have all the syringes they’d need?
It would probably mean a little more like you’re thinking if OP said “donate syringes to clinics and ERs” or something.
Sorry let me go donate a research paper to my nearest food pantry.
It sounds like you just hate poor people. They aren’t addicted to food, they need it to live. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that people starve when they dont get food.
This is a strange take. I never said poor people should starve. In fact, I think they deserve better then just canned food. Therefore I suggest donating cash instead of canned goods. That way the food bank can buy fresher foods.
Anyways, it seems like this statement definitely needed more explanation and context by me, which wasn’t possible when just posting it as a shower thought.
In what way?
