Originally Posted by bearisgray
For many of us, the very first response to almost any emergency is "He/She/They need hand-made quilts"
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
Our local TV station did an undercover story on this. They followed the "will work for food" people only to see them meet others and put their money together, which was used to buy whiskey.
I buy a "to go" plate of food and take it back to them.