How would i go about feeding the homeless?

Question

I WANT TO USE MY 600 GEORGE BUSH BUX AND BY FOOD FOR THE POOR. HOW WOULD I ORGANIZE THAT?

I WAS THINKING BUYING 60 PIZZAS.

Answer 1

You could go to a soup kitchen and doante your money there. Or maybe you could volunteer at one. Myabe you could donate your money to a homeless shelter for food and other supplies.

Answer 2

http://www.secondharvest.org/

Second Harvest is your best bet to make your money and your charitible contributions go the farthest and reach as many people as necessary.

Thru Second Harvest $1 can feed 4 people as to were a $16 pizza might feed 4 people.  That same $16 couild feed 64 people.

Answer 3

Using the $600 to help someone else is a wonderful idea.   60 pizzas say as a treat for kids or teens in a shelter or in an after school program for low income kids or just donating pizza coupons to be given to families in need who might love a break from mac and cheese and dry beans is a very nice idea.   Your local pizza place might even agree to match your donation or at least give you a good discount.    

There are also ways to make your money go a lot further and help even more people.  Go to www.secondharvest.org and enter your zip code to get contact info for the food bank nearest you. A foodbank is like a wholesale warehouse where different helping agencies can get food at like 5 - 20 cents a pound to use in food help ministries, shelters,summer feeding programs for kids who would get free lunch or breakfast during school yr but won't have that help during school vacation, senior centers, etc.  

You could donate th the foodbank directly or you could find 2 or 3 helping programs near you go check them out yourself, maybe volunteer a couple of hours and see exactly what they do, how people are treated,etc and see what grabs your heart and mind.  

You could also ask your minister or priest if there is a family or 2-3 families in your own church or community for whom this could make a life saving or life changing difference or talk with your nearest school system Homeless children and youth education program and see what they suggest either re a place to donate or maybe donating to help a specific family or 3 to have a home again. Best to donate to an agency or ministry if you want a tax receipt.  

Also important unless you or someone you know well really knows the people well it is much better to provide a need (ie buy food, pay rent or deposit, etc) than to hand someone money.  Many hungry and homeless ppl could put us all to shame by how well they manage their money just to survive but many others have not managed well or have been taken advantage of which is part of how they got in this situation.

One more possibility would be to talk with a food help organization about ways that they could use part of the $600 to raise more money to help people.

I wish and now that you have suggested it I pray that other ppl would seriously consider using all or part of this windfall to help change others' lives.

Answer 4

DONATE YOUR $ TO THE FOOD BANK...60 PIZZAS WOULD DO NO GOOD BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STRETCH AS WELL AS FILLER FOODS LIKE SPAGHETTI

AND WE HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ON THE PROGRAM DUE TO THE BUSH ECONOMY

Answer 5

That's a great idea! You can try your local Salvation Army for answers.