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[quote=Anonymous]Look for a community fridge in your area. Food banks are great but not always convenient for working people. I also volunteer with a larger food bank in my city sometimes but more often with a community fridge because I think it helps the people who falls through the cracks of the bigger organizations. You can generally drop off food any time of day as they’re always open. I can’t tell you the number of conversations I’ve had with people there as I’m dropping off and how grateful they are. I’ve had grandparents thank me because they’ve gotten custody of a grandchild now and have a hard time feeding them. I once had an older couple thank me profusely as I was loading the fridge and then when I got back in my car, the woman knocked on my window to thank me again and said, “God bless you. You don’t know how badly we needed this food”. Sometimes no one is there when I’m dropping off but more often there is and you can see the need. And the food goes fast so the fridges are often empty when I arrive and often empty again before I leave.

It’s a good way to give directly. Many have Instagram accounts with requests/needs. I tend to drop off milk, eggs, cereal, yogurt tubes for kids, and often just what I find a good deal on at the grocery store while I’m there.

And for the spices mentioned above, you would be surprised. The fridge organizers I work with are always asking for spices because it’s considered an “extra” that people with very limited budgets feel like they can’t splurge on and they’re always requested to help them make their meals taste better. [/quote]

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