thoughts on holiday shopping and holiday giving

[reedrover]

Almost everyone wants that feeling of a gift well-given, of generosity for a purpose, of kindness spread across humanity. I love reading stories about targeted kindness, such as Seanan McGuire's gift of an extra doll to a hapless Toy's R Us employee for his daughter ( link here). But I also appreciate that sometimes, we need a little guidance and

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[liminalia]

As someone who's had to patronize food pantries very recently, I can tell you a few things that would be appreciated

[reedrover]

Thank you for the first-hand opinion on the subject, especially the reminder that one needs jelly for a real PB&J and the reminder for ethnic goodies - not everyone wants a PB&J for comfort food.

[elyth35]

The other thing that we had brought to our attention when we were starting to work with the food pantries here in Ohio is the number of kids now with peanut allergies. Non-peanut spreads that have long shelf life, such as Nutella, are greatly needed. For those folks who have high blood pressure, Muir Organic canned goods have a low or no-sodium version of almost everything. And here at least, they are cheaper to purchase than Del Monte.