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Article Description: ] THE PROBLEM - thoughts on how and why the current system of local charity operated food books is stupid, inefficient and how it would be easier, cheaper and more effective to give food away for free

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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">[DRAFT] why food banks are stupid [DRAFT]</h1> <ol> <li><strong>] DISCLAIMER - this is NOT</strong></li> <ol> <li>] a bash on the people who work at the food bank -</li> <li>] a bash on the people who donate &nbsp;to the food bank -</li> <li>] a bash on the people who need foodbanks -</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[ WHAT's the PROBLEM ]</h2> <ol> <li>] An article in the local newspaper showing a photo of an almost entirely empty food bank warehouse, explaining that the demand for the food bank is up over previous years ( props for having actual #'s showing year over year increasing demand) and that their supply of food is almost entirely exhausted.</li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://www.theprogress.com/news/280363892.html" target="_blank">Empty warehouse in Chilliwack prompts request for donations - Chilliwack Progress</a></li> <li>] key takeway #1, our city of approx 80k, currenlty consumes about 540 food baskets per month</li> </ol> <li>] Another article listing one family's experience with living on a food bank basket, this article included the actual contents of what the food bank basket that they received contained and their experience living off of the food basket diet for a week,</li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=174647" target="_blank">Poverty&rsquo;s eating me | NOW Magazine</a></li> <li>] key takeway #1 - food basket contents</li> <li>] key takeway #2 - food basket food is nutritional crap</li> <li>] key takeway #3 - living off of the fbd likely means you will lose weight, low energy, hungry</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2014-10-25</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] depositing(donating) into a foodbank</strong></li> <ol> <li>] donator travels to food store</li> <li>] donator buys "suggested" item</li> <li>] (food store has drop box)</li> <li>] charity has to travel to store(s) and pickup drop box from store</li> <li>] charity has to sort donations into food baskets</li> <li>] charity has to operate food basket vending</li> </ol> <li><strong>] withdrawing from a foodbank</strong></li> <ol> <li>] donatee - has to travel to foodbank location to</li> <li>] donatee - has to travel to home with food basket</li> <li>] donatee - has to prepare</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] food should be available in the food stores</strong></li> <ol> <li><strong>] provide donatee's with a "food credit card"</strong> ,</li> <ol> <li>] PREVENT ABUSE - by limit card to "food stores, food items",</li> <li>] provide "suggested" items list/menu plans to maximize cost/benefit but ultimately donator chooses,</li> <li>] incentivize food stores to provide ,</li> </ol></ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] donator - person who is donating food to food bank</li> <li>] donatee -</li> <li>] charity -</li> <li>] <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/12/08/Close-Food-Banks/" target="_blank">what would jesus do? Close food banks</a>&nbsp;- by Bill Teilman @thetyee.ca -&nbsp;He'd see they're no solution to poverty, and never will be.&nbsp;</li> </ol>