When good drivers go bad

While throwing in a ban of pork and beans might be a sign of giving for some, it shows the amount of effort put in.

Here's a few tips if you're in the mood for charitable giving when it comes to the stomach. Most often you can coordinate with a local soup kitchen or shelter to find out if items need to be prepared on site or not.

Rice dishes
Cheese platters
Fruit platters
Carry out pizza
Chicken breast strips
Whole pork loins

No their not cheap choices and can cost, but if you're involved with a local church your group can consolidate their efforts into annual events. By scheduling annually multiple church groups can have better impacts and bring better quality food to those they're ministering to.

Take the example of pork loins. For a shelter serving 500 meals and four ounces a meat serving, that's a cost of only $250.00 when the loin is bought on sale.

Sometimes it's not a matter of the same group cycling in monthly, but rather letting groups that can plan efficiently. With a population of over one million, Jacksonville has more than 52 church groups per major service provider downtown.

There really isn't any reason for people in pressed suits putting three starches on a plate to hand to a child, now is there?

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