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City Begins Enforcement Of Ban On Outdoor Feeding Programs
Mayor Michael Nutter has said the ban will protect the dignity of the homeless, cleanliness of the parks, and eliminate food health concerns. But dozens of opponents testified at a City Council Committee hearing on Thursday, calling the Mayor’s reasons for the ban misleading...
More on the Best Items to Store for Barter and Charity
Here is the first increment of responses to our barter/charity items poll. These have been received in just the first 24 hours of the poll. BTW, please keep them coming, and I will post subsequent increments in the days to come. Many thanks!
Giving to Charity
One thing I do recommend to folks is to give to charity if you possibly can. I know many folks are strapped but in tough economic times not only do everyday folks suffer but the people who count on help from charities suffer because people stop giving or reduce their giving substantially.
Can Helping Out be Hazardous?
Use your best judgement when stopping to help, and please be aware of any potential dangers around you...
Sharp Rise in Demand for Food Handouts From Poverty-Striken Familys
Food charity FareShare sees a 20% rise in demand, much of it from people hit by unemployment and benefit changes.
“Charity Kits” after TSHTF
This is a personal decision that you have to decide for yourself. For me – I could not turn away a desperate family – especially if children are involved. My solution is to create inexpensive “charity kits” that can be handed out...
The Disaster Field Bakery
I can't agree with you more on the subject of charity. Watching people starve is not in the cards for me if I can help it. In a TEOTWAWKI situation, you won't be able to help very much, but for a lesser catastrophe, most of your readers could really help a lot of people by working with local authorities or church groups to feed people until help can arrive.
Nearly-Expired Storage Foods: Take Them to the Food Bank, Not the Dump
As your storage foods--both wet-pack and dry-pack--near their expiry dates, I recommend that you consistently donate them to a food bank. This approach has several advantages...
Charity and Food Storage Rotation
As I was reading the letter about the Vancouver riots, the part about the homeless man reminded me of one of the ways I rotate the food in my bug out bag (BOB). I know that a lots of people don't like to give money to beggars, because they don't want them to just buy booze.
How to Reply to "When the SHTF, I'm Going Over to Your House"
How many times in the course of a conversation at a meeting, party, event, or whatever, has the subject of emergency preparedness come up, and you make a comment about the having done something (anything) about it in some way, and someone says "the next time [something bad] happens, I'm coming over to your place!" How do you reply?
Preparedness and Charity
I have always placed a strong emphasis on Christian charity. Rotating your food storage is a great opportunity to dispense charity. If the food goes to a charity organization rather than an individual family, be sure to thoroughly vet the organization.
Another Perspective on Selecting Barter Goods
What's WRONG with Barter Goods... as has been well emphasized before - forget about barter goods until you are squared away for your own logistics. Beyond that, remember that barter goods are much inferior to money or cash in a functioning economy, with a good division of labor.
America is More Like Haiti than We'd Like to Think
The Haitian earthquake of 2010 is a stark reminder of the fragility of all societies. It shows us that we need to be well-prepared and vigilant. And for those of us that are not Secret Squirrels, we should also be quietly and persistently leading public opinion, locally.
Charity, Civility, Community, and Hope
Whilst pondering the various possibilities for the future, it is easy to get caught up in the minutiae of radio frequencies, milligram dosages, microns of filtration, calibers, and calories per ounce. (You'' read plenty of those details in SurvivalBlog. But in doing so we can easily lose sight of bigger, far more important issues such as charity, civility, community, and hope.
More On When Unprepared Folks Show Up on Your Doorstep
With my preparedness consulting I have had story after story from preparing people of family, friends and people who know they are preparing, but do not prepare themselves saying they will be there when everything falls apart
More On Pre-Assembling Charity Food Packets for Storage
I am putting together food stores, and collecting food grade buckets for bulk storage (local store lets them go for 60 cents each), but I had a question come across as I was planning this out.
More On Best Items to Store for Barter and Charity?
What do you suggest as the most important barter [item] to stock up on? We also want to have extra items for charity. We plan to do that through our church, so that our family name never gets mentioned.
LDS Church Offers Food Storage Starter Kit
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS or comminly called "The Mormons"]. I am also the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for my ward. As you know the leaders of the church constantly speak of preparedness.
Charity During Hard Times
During really hard times the large and growing number of homeless individuals greatly exceeds the carrying capacity of the local community in terms of voluntary charitable donations. There are just not enough homeless shelters and free food/soup kitchens that provide one meal per day to accommodate everyone.
More On Dispensing Charity in the Midst of a Societal Collapse
For almost two decades I have been preparing for the SHTF scenario I believe is inevitable, given our country’s course. I have read about the need for Christian charity during the difficult time that will come and as a Christian I agree.
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