I like the no-kill shelter idea. Yeah for panhandlers, just remember they call it working a corner for a reason. If you consider the loss of taxes they pay they might make more than you. Sounds cold but I saw one get off shift and hop in a Bmw when I was a kid. Please don't support that.

The panhandlers union would like to have an extra twenty.

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Originally posted by 71 TRUCK:
I was thinking this or one of the non kill animal shelters near where I live.

This is the best idea so far.

SIGforum Karma!!!

Finders keepers.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Call me cold but the last thing I’d do is give it to a panhandler. Too many of them are just scammers, one in particular I’d see every day at the same time for at least three years.

The corner he worked was conveniently near a MDOT Park and Ride, I always wondered what he drove. And, within a mile and a half of his corner was many job opportunities, for example, a Kroger, Home Depot, Menard’s, Sam’s Club, Target, Meijer, a large hospital,many small stores, gas stations and an industrial park, many of those had Help Wanted signs. But what should he work on the books, have to pay taxes, probably lose his Bridge Card and subsidized housing then?

The beggars/panhandlers in our area are part of an organized ring. A van drops them off at their "territory" early in the day, and heaven help the non-affiliated dude who tries to work the same corner. Funny how those "homeless vets" who "need food for their kids" always seem to have the latest and greatest cell phones on them. It's not only a scam, it's an organized scam, probably run by the local mob (or whatever it is called these days).

I am all for legitimate charities, but they seem to get fewer and fewer as I get older.

Found $20, as we all know too well, the $20 is the new $5, not quite the windfall it used to be. Give it to someone who is obviously in need, but too proud to beg, or contribute it to your local gun rights organization, or the NRA as a last resort.

I can't speak for you in your world,
For me in my world as it sets these days.
Half for me and half for the collection plate, this
Sunday.

About 6wk ago I found a check (memo said haircut) and $25 cash folded together in a restaurants parking lot. The following day I texted the number on the check saying I had found it and to let the hairdresser know I had it and would like to return it to them. I never heard anything

I held it for a month. At that time I put the cash in my wallet and ripped the check up

Many of the supermarkets in my area have stopped donating non-perishable food to the local food pantries, as too many of the recipients simply return the canned and boxed stuff for cash. They will donate perishable goods that are at risk of going end of life, like breads, meats, fruit, veggies, etc., as they know that those will go and be used, but the canned and boxed stuff is usually bought by the pantries and not donated.

Donate. Give the money to a local food bank or buy toys for Toys for Tots.

Wouldn’t put it past the food pantries to be the ones returning it for cash.

Quite a few are scams.

I’m not catholic, but if you want to donate to a food pantry, I’d probably only donate to a Catholic one, or one run by a church I know.

I'd vote for either the food bank or (my own preference) the no-kill shelter.

my vote is for a no kill shelter. Those poor babies did not make their own bed and can't rally help themselves.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Many of the supermarkets in my area have stopped donating non-perishable food to the local food pantries, as too many of the recipients simply return the canned and boxed stuff for cash. They will donate perishable goods that are at risk of going end of life, like breads, meats, fruit, veggies, etc., as they know that those will go and be used, but the canned and boxed stuff is usually bought by the pantries and not donated.

I used to volunteer at the local Food Bank. We marked through the bar code on the donated items so they couldn't be returned .

Next time you go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner put it towards the tab of a vet or law enforcement officer. There always seems to be a vet or leo whenever I'm in a restaurant. I used to give it to the waitress and tell her to put it towards that guys tab as I gestured towards his table. Found out later one waitress just pocketed the $20. Now I just go over to the table directly and say thank you for your service and allow me to pay towards your tab. $20 hardly covers just a single breakfast anymore much less a couples dinner.

Keep it.
Long time ago I found a $20 under the door of a vehicle in a driveway when I was mowing lawns.

I knew the right thing to do was to knock on the door, thinking it fell out when they got home.

I didn't even get a "Thank You".
Of course, I didn't do it for a "Thank You".
But at least show some courtesy.

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Originally posted by dsiets:
Keep it.
Long time ago I found a $20 under the door of a vehicle in a driveway when I was mowing lawns.

I knew the right thing to do was to knock on the door, thinking it fell out when they got home.

I didn't even get a "Thank You".
Of course, I didn't do it for a "Thank You".
But at least show some courtesy.

One morning going to work years ago I found a contractor’s day planner in the roadway. Called the number on his business card to tell him I found it and he could come by my workplace to pick it up, maybe five or six miles from where I picked it up.

First and only thing he said was “If you think you’re getting a reward for finding it you’re wrong!” as he was standing there.

Didn’t even get a thank you. I just stood there speechless.

LOTTO

Close to 40 years ago I was leaving a record swap meet. I found $40 in-between two cars in the parking lot. I picked up the two Jacksons. I saw that the nearest car had its window cracked. while I was sliding the bills through the gap I thought "maybe it's from the car on the other side. maybe someone dropped it walking through the lot", after some soul searching I went back in and came out with 2 CDs and had a few bucks left over.

I still have those CDs.

A few years ago, I found three wallets on the ground in strip malls near where I live (three separate incidents). In each case, I was able to track the owner down and return the wallet.

They all thanked me. One person offered a reward, which I declined. He wasn't going to take "no" for an answer -- a few days later I received a "thank you" card in the mail, with a twenty dollar bill enclosed.

Cash on the ground is mine. If it's a wallet or purse, the entire thing goes back to the owner.

It's $20. Go have lunch and have a good day because the universe decided to smile upon you for a brief moment.

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Originally posted by bendable:
I can't speak for you in your world,
For me in my world as it sets these days.
Half for me and half for the collection plate, this
Sunday.

If you tear it in half it’s worth zero.