PISSED at the local homeless shelter!

[budlover13]

Aaaarrrggghhh!!!!

My local collective started a canned food drive back in Sept. to donate to a local charity and be distributed for the holidays. Awesome idea! Helping people out that really need it! Wrong.

When it came time to donate the food, they accepted it because it happened on live local news but then sent a letter stating that they would no longer accept any donations from us because of our MMJ status. They said they believe it is their mission to stop the use of ALL drugs in the homeless community and consider our participation with the donations is a conflict of interest. Must not have too many hungry people, I guess.

We followed up the canned food drive with a warming drive(blankets, coats, etc) that had already been started before we got this news. When the dispensary contacted them about accepting these donations on a low-down basis so nobody would see and we could still help others, they refused saying "We do not encourage the distribution of food or warming items to the homeless because this practice will make them more comfortable and then they would not have to come to the shelter and listen to scripture to get what they need." Say WHAT????

They would tell a hungry, cold homeless person that they are willing to help them contingent on listening to scripture? I understand their desire to spread their beliefs and have nothing against that, but their statement tells me that they are in it for ALL the wrong reasons. I believe we are going to move to start our own distribution network so we can bypass all this BS. I was just TOTALLY pissed to hear someone make the statements they did. I will personally contact local media, let them know what we're doing and why, and see if we can't muster a little community support. How can someone claim to be righteous and then turn around and pull crap like that?

budlover13 Reviewed by budlover13 on 12-07-2010. PISSED at the local homeless shelter! Aaaarrrggghhh!!!! My local collective started a canned food drive back in Sept. to donate to a local charity and be distributed for the holidays. Awesome idea! Helping people out that really need it! Wrong. When it came time to donate the food, they accepted it because it happened on live local news but then sent a letter stating that they would no longer accept any donations from us because of our MMJ status. They said they believe it is their mission to stop the use of ALL drugs in the Rating: 5

[gypski]

Isn't the true Christian way to turn the other cheek? In this case, judge not where the gift is coming from since the intention holds no true harm, but being truly spiritual with the best intentions?

[Lynhal]

BL13 that just sucks! In other words, they would rather let someone be cold and hungry just because they aren't coming in and being preached at? That is total B f'ing S!

If that is the way they think their God would behave in regard to someone in dire need ... I feel mighty sorry for them. And I bet the day they "meet their maker" they will feel sorry, too.

[budlover13]

That's kind of what I thought. I GUARANTEE the members of the church running things prayed for good donations and got it. Then they bitch?

I don't know the quote word for word, but here goes:

From "A Few Good Men"- "You ask me to protect your freedom? At what cost? I eat breakfast EVERY morning in front of 10,000 Cubans that would just as rather shoot me as see me breathe! You ask me for this protection and then QUESTION the means by which I provide it?!"

[budlover13]

BL13 that just sucks! In other words, they would rather let someone be cold and hungry just because they aren't coming in and being preached at? That is total B f'ing S!

If that is the way they think their God would behave in regard to someone in dire need ... I feel mighty sorry for them. And I bet the day they "meet their maker" they will feel sorry, too.

Most definitely they will. I believe the Bible says something about "Judge not, lest you be judged."

[Alantae]

This is fucking evil, and people say "reefer smoking punks" are "good-for-nothing"

Just goes to show how sick and twisted something can really be, the funny part is that I could really see this happening in real life AT a homeless shelter, all for religion. At what cost must you "save" someones soul.

I'm not perfect, but all we need is luv... and weed, don't forget weed...

[budlover13]

Well, here is their homepage, I'm trusting my fellow smokers that you will represent yourselves in a professional manner while still letting them know that you belive they made a bad decision. PLEASE. Thank you!


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[RedLocks]

Find a way to go around them, screw em. Something similar happened here when they replaced the Salvation Army "Administrator" who is just a payed employee with an Officer, AKA Evangelical Nutcase, shit got real surreal there after. I don't fuck with them no more..

[ganjalarry]

psuso religious heathens. That is pretty bad and stupid of them.