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[quote=Anonymous]People you need to get a clue.  Step out of your lily white tower and get your head out of your butt.

I grew up poor.  Really poor.  Working class poor.  Latch key kid whose older sister did the cooking.

Beans?  You have to be kidding.  That bag of beans isn't going to do anything for the poor unless you are donating the spices and veggies necessary to turn those beans into a meal.  Have you checked out the price of spice lately?  The poor aren't wasting their money on spices.
  
Do you know how many times a fire was started on the stove because my sister was trying to cook something and got distracted with her homework or her siblings?

Preparing something that had to be soaked overnight and simmered for hours?  Get real  Not when one kid is taking care of another as is often the case in a poor household.

Fast, cheap and easy is the way to go.  Quite frankly,  when you are truly poor, quantity beats quality every day.

BTW, in my family, we would have been happier for all 4 kids to have a coat than for one of us to have a "high end" coat.  In my neighborhood, we preferred Target over Lily Pulitzer any day.  The LP screams charity and wearing such a thing would have ensured that we got the crap beaten out of us, anyway.

Are you really than dense or are you just misguided?  Good grief.

Thank you to those of you who donate with a generous heart.  Those of you who judge the "quality" of what someone else is donating and judge it to be insufficient have my pity.[/quote]

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