Reply #175: That's a really great idea!

[conflictgirl]

And I see below that someone said that some DU'ers already do that, which is fabulous.

I used to participate at a parenting board for many years, and when we moved back to Michigan, I was very unexpectedly pregnant after my husband had a vasectomy and he was unemployed for almost 6 months. I will never forget it - I got a knock on the door one day and the UPS driver dropped off 3 boxes of food from Diamond Organics (edited to clarify in case it wasn't obvious, the box was from someone online who sent it to me as a surprise).

Our fortune has risen and fallen in the time since, but in the times when we had it to spare, I've always passed on the good deed to others. Even when I didn't have cash, I still did things like donating baby clothes to friends in need or giving them a place to stay.

I firmly believe that when you do something like that for others, it perpetuates something like good karma. That's why I've always done it when I had the chance. Plus I'm trying to live in accordance with what I want my government to do - if I want the government to have a safety net for people, I need to provide one to the extent that I can, too.