@Emerald to Showerthoughts • 3 months agoDonating canned goods to food pantries is like donating needles and syringes to a cancer research organizationmessage-square25arrow-up17arrow-down188
arrow-up1-81arrow-down1message-squareDonating canned goods to food pantries is like donating needles and syringes to a cancer research organization@Emerald to Showerthoughts • 3 months agomessage-square25
minus-square@Zahille7link2•3 months agoI mean I guess, but if it’s an organization conducting medical research, I’d assume they already have all the syringes they’d need? It would probably mean a little more like you’re thinking if OP said “donate syringes to clinics and ERs” or something.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI mean I guess a food bank would have food already as well… They are both one time use consumable supplies so, whether they have them or not, they are going to have to resupply at some point.
I mean I guess, but if it’s an organization conducting medical research, I’d assume they already have all the syringes they’d need?
It would probably mean a little more like you’re thinking if OP said “donate syringes to clinics and ERs” or something.
I mean I guess a food bank would have food already as well… They are both one time use consumable supplies so, whether they have them or not, they are going to have to resupply at some point.