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Where to Donate Your Thanksgiving Leftovers
Here's how those with leftovers can help those in need this season.
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4 Comments
Ro
November 11, 2021
You can also invite friends the day after, especially friends in need. Or maybe you actually know someone personally who could use that food.
rox L.
November 10, 2021
The biggest bang for a buck is to donate money to the food bank or shelter. Their buying power is greater when buying bulk.
Oranges
November 2, 2021
Food pantries are very unlikely to accept any cooked food, let alone home-cooked food, and for good reason. They cannot guarantee the safety of these items. You should definitely NOT sneak food in through the rare approved restaurant or bakery, this completely circumvents safeguards they have put in place for their clients and puts public health at risk.
Leaving food outside "where people might find it" is also a horrible idea. Whether or not you date it, you can't guarantee safe storage temperatures, and it is making a LOT of assumptions about people with food insecurity that I can't even begin to address... Just think about it, would you pick up a random bag of food off a bench and eat it? Why should they?
Instead, why not consider planning a meal such that you do not produce huge amounts of leftovers, and perhaps donating the money you would have spent to a pantry or shelter? If you want to help feed people, join one of the organizations that are already doing this and provide your support.
Leaving food outside "where people might find it" is also a horrible idea. Whether or not you date it, you can't guarantee safe storage temperatures, and it is making a LOT of assumptions about people with food insecurity that I can't even begin to address... Just think about it, would you pick up a random bag of food off a bench and eat it? Why should they?
Instead, why not consider planning a meal such that you do not produce huge amounts of leftovers, and perhaps donating the money you would have spent to a pantry or shelter? If you want to help feed people, join one of the organizations that are already doing this and provide your support.
j7n
October 26, 2021
Shelf stable items, pasta, rice, canned peanut butter are not leftovers and don't need to be immediately disposed of after a celebration.
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