# Individuals donating \*food\* to food banks, not money -- is this effective?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 17, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individuals-donating-food-to-food-banks-not-money-is-this-effective/1024929 "2025-11-17T19:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individuals-donating-food-to-food-banks-not-money-is-this-effective/1024929/4 "2025-11-17T19:22:52Z")

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This issue came up in reply to my thread [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-high-school-collecting-food/1024498). For me, counting on money donations are perfect being the enemy of the good. I guarantee that the amount of food collected by the food drive was a lot more than would have been bought had they relied on donations from those same people.

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