Food Drive Do's and Dont's

[wagegoth]

I work in a university town and every day there is some charity on the street at a major intersection in front of the Borders store and across the same street in front of the Apple store. Lots of foot traffic gives them plenty of opportunities. Cool, I understand, but I work here, and I walk down that street at least three days a week and they are getting more aggressive.

The charity workers change every day, so I remind myself that they don't know me, but some of them just won't drop it, no matter what. Then I remind myself that they're starving students, which keeps me polite. But I have decided that I will never give to their organization, ever.

[Andara Bledin]

The charity workers change every day, so I remind myself that they don't know me, but some of them just won't drop it, no matter what. Then I remind myself that they're starving students, which keeps me polite. But I have decided that I will never give to their organization, ever.

For the more annoying ones, you might consider letting their organizations know what's happening. As much as the organizations must like having the people out there, it can't be good for their overall reputation if those people are harassing others.

^-.-^

[Mycroft]

Can I make a suggestion? If there are any womens' shelters in your area, donate the clothes there. You've got a lot of women and children who left their homes with only the clothes on their backs, not to mention that anything suitable for a job interview/work is always desperately needed.

I work on a clothing drive for our local shelter and it's heartbreaking when a decent pair of pants or a warm sweater can reduce someone to tears.

Continuing the suggestion: if the clothes are "business" style, see if there's a Dress for Success or equivalent in your area. When those women are looking for the job that gets them out of the shelter/one paycheck to homeless/one paycheck to having a home loop, suitable interview clothing may be the final stumbling block.