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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that cake mix without frosting is not helpful.

However our food bank AFAC aims to provide protein and eggs every week. They specifically state that those items along with milk are purchased from wholesalers both to be cost effective and to maintain food safety.

Only non-perishables should be donated. I cringe thinking about how my friends and I would buy cheap food for canned food drives in high school so we could “win” the contest. I insist my kids only pick items to donate that they would eat themselves and that we normally have in our household. We specifically donate a lot of name brand cereal during the school cereal drive. [/quote]

Why? You can make a glaze out of powdered sugar and water.  Or eat no frosting because some people don't like it anyway. I don't presume they are trying to make a specific meal out of an individual donation. If they wanted meals then, again, communication is key. Otherwise I'm presuming they sort the donations and the recipients pick what's most useful to them to supplement whatever provisions they already have, like sales such as oil, sugar, and eggs. [/quote]

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