Absolutely true, but in my experience I’ve gotten people to donate goods more easily than socks and canned food. It’s a psychological thing in humans. I feel our population is so cynical that they assume any cash they hand over goes right into drugs and gambling. My dad was the kind of person who would buy you a new dishwashing machine after he learns you’re behind on house payments, and keep the receipt so you can’t return it.
If you don’t have reservations about donating cash to food banks, then it’s always going to do more good.
It’s even better to just give them money because they can get better bulk deals than you.
Absolutely true, but in my experience I’ve gotten people to donate goods more easily than socks and canned food. It’s a psychological thing in humans. I feel our population is so cynical that they assume any cash they hand over goes right into drugs and gambling. My dad was the kind of person who would buy you a new dishwashing machine after he learns you’re behind on house payments, and keep the receipt so you can’t return it.
If you don’t have reservations about donating cash to food banks, then it’s always going to do more good.
The most important thing you can donate is money. The second most important thing you can donate is probably diapers, they LOVE diapers.