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I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank. I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any). We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods

Even when a group is asking for specific event donations (usually Thanksgiving is the one I'm used to seeing), donated cash lets them fill in the gaps when it comes time to make complete kits. And there's always other expenses. Being in a church trying to keep a pantry open in 2008 was eye-opening.