DarkFire

MONEY. WE WANT MONEY. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. WE CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT. WE HAVE ACCESS TO DEALS YOU COULD NEVER. MONEY

That aside.

 I’m only going to talk about food items but if your food bank takes personal items, a lot of times diapers, feminine hygiene products, etc, are very very welcome. 

1) Canned chicken and beef 

looooooove this stuff. It’s expensive, it lasts forever, it tastes good and it can be used a variety of ways. This stuff is fucking catnip to food banks, it’s so hard for us to provide proteins. 

2) Fancy nut butters

Peanut butter is a standby for food banks as a shelf-stable inexpensive protein, but if we have a family with a kid with a peanut allergy that’s not going to work. Non-peanut butters are expensive and it’s something we hardly ever see donated. (we also like peanut butter, but that’s easier for us to buy ourselves than non-peanut butters)

3) Canned or packaged tuna

You may notice a trend here in shelf-stable proteins. And yeah. That’s basically it, so I’m not going to keep harping on it. But this stuff is a godsend. 

4) Easy breakfast things for kids (Granola bars, instant oatmeal, and the like) 

Whatever Donald Trump tells you, most people who get food from food banks are actually working their asses off and so they have to leave Obama to raise their baby or whatever, and they don’t have a lot of time in the morning. Things like this that kids can make for themselves are expensive. (Another trend you may be noticing–donate shit that costs a lot of money. That helps us more than all the shitty green bean cans in the world) But they are so helpful for busy working families where the parents may not have a set schedule and sometimes little Amanda is making her own breakfast before she runs off to school. Don’t let kids go to school hungry. 

5) Shelf-stable juice

2/2 and eventually it came down to “you know? Fuck the police” and my (ex ish, we still talk just not really) friend comes up and goes “you guys can’t say that, there are like 1,000,00 cops and like 4 cases of that stuff” and I was like, “uh yeah, per day!” He proceeded to go on a rant about how police aren’t racist. I told him to do is research and he stormed off. Fuck him and the cops

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Hope y’all like him!

He only has ONE ear but he has much love to give!

Don’t worry, my friend! Here’s some awesome things you can do instead.

Get a free trial with Audible!  You get a free credit every month that rolls over, and you can apply each credit to a new audiobook. It’s an awesome resource. I love it!

Listen to Podcasts! Spotify has a whole section for podcasts, and you can sign up free. I personally like listening to The Adventure Zone.

Journal! Journalling is super fun and meditative. Here’s a cute video on how to start journaling. 

Watch Vine compilations. C’mon, who doesn’t miss Vine? Here’s a personal favorite. 

Download some free games on Steam! There’s Eve Online, Paladins, Path of Exile, Yume Nikki, Maplestory 2 (super cute!), and even more! 

Speaking of games, Subnautica is free right now! 

Self-Care! Take a warm bath, drink some tea, watch some movies, maybe put on a face mask or two and relax. You’ve earned it!

Learn how to code! 

Do you guys remember that Cookie Clicker game? No? Well here it is, anyway. 

Watch the amazing, mystical Bob Ross. 

Some prompts to get your creative mind cranking. 

View the history of the internet with Wayback Machine. And maybe even see Tumblr when it was “good”?

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