Over 10,000 Lbs. of Food Collected By Gavin's Cub Scout Pack

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Over 10,000 Lbs. of Food Collected By Gavin's Cub Scout Pack

My son Gavin's Cub Scout Pack 774 worked their little butts off in April to collect food for the Community Resource Center's food bank. The Encinitas City Council just honored them last night, the first 6 1/2 minutes of this video. Give the Cubs a Urrragh!

Posted by Bruce Kesler at 21:23 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Nowadays I find myself in mentally odd places, at times. On the one hand I see your son as doing a great and wonderful thing. The other hand sees enabling.

Are there actual starving people out there who would die or unreasonably suffer without these canned food drives?

I'm truly asking, what the heck is this all about? Making me feel guilty? Are there folks who can't get food stamps?

Not meaning to be an a**, just would like to have answers.

#1 XRay on 2012-06-14 23:05 (Reply)

I share your ethical dilemma XRay.

There are something like 17 federal government programs to feed the hungry.

I have had this debate with blogger Tigerhawk in the past. He maintains that there are people that slip through the holes in the safety net and thus the privately run food pantries are crucial.

I wonder if people simply exploit the food pantries? Suppose you have a good job and don't qualify for federal/state assistance but you gamble away the grocery money? Should food pantries feed such people? It is not their kids' fault that pop gambled and/or drank up the grocery money. You can behave irresponsibly if you know the food pantry is there to backstop you. I have a problem donating food to people who take it because they can.

I don't know the answer.

In the abstract, I believe that religions and charities should feed the hungry and not government, so I think the food drive does teach Bruce's son and his peers the right lesson.

#1.1 feeblemind on 2012-06-15 11:25 (Reply)

That's a lot of canned okra. Good job, kids.

#2 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2012-06-15 01:45 (Reply)

Kids learning about charity is a good thing.

#3 Bird Dog on 2012-06-15 14:53 (Reply)

A good group of young men. Some will be doctors and some will be workmen, but all will know what it is to be an American and give help where it is needed. They don't know the details of foodstamps, but they helped where they saw that it was needed.

#4 Doug on 2012-06-15 15:50 (Reply)

Thank you, feeble, for at the least attempting to address my question.

Though canned Okra may be the more succint answer.

#5 XRay on 2012-06-16 00:03 (Reply)

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