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I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank. I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any). We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods

John Breen

@breen.tech

If you have non-perishable goods and can give them, that’s certainly better than nothing, but what usually ends up happening is everyone gives the same things and then we have like 100 cans of beans to give out

19/4/25, 2:34 am20 reposts223 likes

Adrian von Gegerfelt

@designbyadrian.bsky.social

19 Apr 2025

And even if you need 100 cans, buying those in bulk from your supplier will be cheaper than if I bought five from the supermarket.

John Breen

@breen.tech

19 Apr 2025

If you have any questions, ask! We will tell you if we need specific things, but usually we will just ask for cash. Especially for mutual aid, where there are a lot of non-food needs we try to meet

John Breen

@breen.tech

19 Apr 2025

E.g. this time of year when it starts to warm up outside, someone’s a/c usually goes out and we need cash to buy a window unit.