I nearly forgot, this is Bag Day!
By dragon54u
@dragon54u (31636)
United States
May 13, 2017 10:21am CST
At least, that's what I call it. Every year the post office sends a reminder to put a few cans of food in a bag and leave it by your mail box. The food is taken to local food banks to help families that can't afford to buy food and are struggling even for the basics of life.
I did not think I would have anything this year so I nearly forgot about Bag Day. I remembered last night and went through my pantry. I was surprised at how much was there hiding behind boxes of crackers, trays of household tools, and all the other junk that makes its way there! There was even a cake mix that made me smile thinking of someone enjoying it.
It made me feel a lot less poor taking that bag out to the mailbox last night!
Do you have Bag Day where you are? If it's not too late and your post office participates please put out at least one can of food for your mail carrier to take.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
13 May 17
Yes we have it here. But sadly, I have naught to put into it.
Sometimes I have something I take to the food bank down the street from me, it is only a few blocks.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
These are tough times and a lot of people feel bad today that they can't contribute. We have a huge semi truck come to the neighborhood every two weeks and people line up to get produce and other food from the food bank. You would not think that an area like this, a middle class neighborhood, would need this service but appearances are deceiving.
I'm glad you contribute when you can. Every little bit helps!
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
13 May 17
@dragon54u Well I do contribute because also myself I have to go there at dif time of the year for help rare, but I do.
Yes appearances are deceiving. There are so many people hurting right now.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
Do you have a problem in the UK with poverty? I never hear about people going hungry in your country. We have plenty of hungry people here, it's ridiculous that even one person should go without food in a country as wealthy as ours. Our government has ruined so many lives and hunger is one consequence of our huge, sprawling, uncaring and greedy government.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
13 May 17
@dragon54u There are homeless people, mainly in the cities, but I think there are shelters available and food. Whether there are enough, I'm not sure.
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@sissy15 (12269)
• United States
15 May 17
@dragon54u I think that does say a lot about people. The greedy stay greedy but those who struggle know what it's like to struggle and don't like to see others struggle. I may not be rich but I have everything that I need and that's more than some people. I actually got to help give back today after church we stayed and helped sort through food and I gave my time on mothers day and it made me feel good that even though I didn't donate this year I was able to give my time to help.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
14 May 17
It's so easy to forget these things when you're busy with life and worried about so much, isn't it? I'm sure you'll seek out another opportunity. There are all kinds of food drives throughout the year. One thing I don't do is put money in those collection boxes at the cashier, who knows who gets that?!
I know what you mean when you say you're far from rich. The average contributor to events like this tend to be people like you who are just getting by. That is a great testament to this country--it is run by greedy jerks but the people support each other more than any other country in the world.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 May 17
i kept hoping someone in this group would do it but i think it was forgotten. i used to do that all the time. makes me sad i no longer go outside to do anything for fear of fainting out there or having a cramp and falling.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
16 May 17
I'm sorry your health is poor, mine isn't what it used to be, either. Old age is not for sissies! 
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 May 17
Well done - as I have had need of food banks I appreciate your generosity
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
16 May 17
I hope the need is temporary! If not, I wish you good health and freedom from hunger.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 May 17
@dragon54u yes, I only use them when I hit total rock bottom - only needed them twice to date
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
16 May 17
Isn't that weird? I can have something like that happen and think well, I'll do that. But it becomes part of the landscape and I forget! I'm sure you'll have several chances to add to the bins inside the grocery stores and other ways to give. 
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@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
18 May 17
I don't think that is done here. It's a good idea. There is always people worse off than us.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 May 17
My mom always told me that no matter how bad things are, someone else is suffering more. I remember a sign I saw in a beauty salon when I was around 7. It said "I cried because I had no shoes until a met a man who had no feet". I'm always remembered that. It's strange the things we remember from childhood but in that case it was a good thing to remember.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
14 May 17
Your city must really get into it, then, because our mail carrier picked them up herself in her usual little truck!
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
From what I've learned about you I can completely believe that you do. Thank you for helping!
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
13 May 17
@dragon54u It is a pleasure to help out people.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48927)
• United States
20 May 17
That is a wonderful idea.
They don't do it here.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
20 May 17
Maybe they just do it in really big cities? It's an easy, painless way to give. If every household could donate just one can of food it would help. I wish people would do this every week at the grocery, just drop one can in a barrel and if every family would donate just one, we could make a huge dent in hunger.
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
13 May 17
We put a bag out with several canned goods in it and there were many around mailboxes in the area. I was glad to see that.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
Yes, it really does your heart good to see how generous your neighbors are. You know you live among good people.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 May 17
No we do not but definitely sounds like a good idea
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
There are a lot of opportunities besides this day to help others. It is said that the U.S. is the most generous country in the world. This day is a very good idea and I'm glad someone thought of it.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 May 17
@dragon54u there are. Our store has a box to put food in for food drive.
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@Shwetasingh (1333)
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13 May 17
Oh that's a nice concept. Here we don't have any such day but I personally feel that this should be implemented everywhere. I prefer to help poor as much as I can.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
Helping others enriches us in so many ways. Bless you for your efforts to help the less fortunate!
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
That's a wonderful thing for you to do! There are so many people who give to the needy it makes me wonder why there are hungry people at all.
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@Essjayd (1568)
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14 May 17
@dragon54u It costs me around
£2 to do this it's a shame more
people don't do it. If stuff is on offer
that £2 maybe buys 4 cans of food.
It's just something I do automatically
now when I do our shopping and most
of my friends do the same.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 May 17
That is a nice way to help poor people. Here, we don't have such an arrangement.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
13 May 17
In India we do not have Bag Day. Nowadays following Western practices in India also we celebrate Valentines day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day etc but I have not heard about Bag Day. good day
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
That is kind of sad. Your country adopted all the holidays that enrich the large businesses but not the ones that help the poor. That is not surprising that our money making holidays should be there. I don't buy anything on those holidays, not because I dislike people making money, but because they are making money from love.
I think that you probably help the poor when you can because you seem like a very nice person.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
I'm glad you have something like this in your country, too. A lot of our grocery stores have collection bins at certain times of the year.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
14 May 17
Most areas in the UK have some kind of Food collection. At the supermarkets you can place something in a donation box. Every September following harvest the churches and the schools have a harvest festival. You are encouraged to send something in so that it can be distributed to the old people in the community. It would be special things as well as basics that they may not usually buy themselves. I would rather give food than money as at least you know it is not being misused.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
14 May 17
I agree, I would rather give food than money. I always try to include one thing, like the cake mix, that isn't essential but just fun to lighten a day. I like the idea of a harvest festival. I think the closest we come to that is Halloween but that's about candy, not really about supporting the less fortunate.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
14 May 17
We have bins in our supermarkets frequently. They put them near the door so you see them when you come in and hopefully you'll buy an extra can to put in the bin when you leave.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
13 May 17
They do it here too. We participate when we can.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 May 17
This is the only charity I've been able to participate in this year, it's been such a bad time. Things are looking up, though, slowly but surely. Thank you for participating when you can, a lot of people don't but I think most would like to.
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