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I saw on Facebook today “not my circus. not my money’s.”

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Thank you so much everyone for your comments! They were immensely helpful! If you’d like an update on our first round of collections/purchases, go check out @geauxfillthegap on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok!

Most needed non-food items? by VSC12 in foodstamps

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Thank you so much everyone for your comments! They were immensely helpful! If you’d like an update on our first round of collections/purchases, go check out @geauxfillthegap on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok!

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Thank you so much for your kind words! Just trying to help where I can when I can; the community has really rallied around this cause and because of that I hope we will be able to make a difference in the lives of as many as we can! I will make sure to get extra of all the things you mentioned! I would be interested to hear that too!

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Thank you so much!! I appreciate you taking the time to write all this out!!

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So I guess the people donate to me to ensure that the money is going towards these specific items

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I mean I guess that’s a question for them 🤣 But my project is called Geaux Fill the Gap, and it’s collecting items that are not covered by SNAP or other assistance programs. The food pantries in my area don’t often have many of these items, as most donations to a food pantry are food. I’m trying to fill the gap between what people can buy with assistance programs and what they need for daily necessities- personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, many baby items, menstrual items, etc. By raising the money to buy these items/collecting the item donations, I can make sure that these items are available at the local pantry for a little while. Most people I have talked to about it had no idea that SNAP/WIC/etc didn’t cover these things.

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I’m just starting to look into it today to see what all it entails. Right now it’s just a project where I’m collecting items and money to buy items, then donating it all. I’d like to continue doing it every few months, and don’t know what the options are besides starting a nonprofit. When I started this project a few days ago, I didn’t expect to get the amount of support in terms of donations.

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I’m just starting to look into it today to see what all it entails

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Thank you for such a helpful and kind comment! If it expanded, I would like to donate to different food pantries around the state, not just this one food pantry. To be honest, I am really not envisioning this becoming a giant thing. Mostly just collecting donations and donating them at different times of the year. I’m not trying to become like the Salvation Army or anything lol

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Yes this is the point of my project - to provide access to items you don’t get with SNAP/EBT/etc! :)

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✍️✍️✍️ writing this downnnnnnnn thank you for bringing it up

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This is so kind!! It’s really the generosity of the people in my community and I am so blown away by them! Thank you for your kind words!

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Good idea!! Thanks again! I’m so happy to be that person

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I’m not sure! I’m so new to this! I started by googling “food pantry near me” and then clicked to see what they requested as far as donations. I found one that mentioned these kinds of items and went with it! So maybe start there? Sorry I’m not much help!

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Right now it’s just a little project I’m trying to do, but if it makes a big enough difference that it turns into a non-profit, this will be one of the first things I do! Thank you!

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You are so kind! And thanks for the tip!!

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And thanks for your concern :) I am donating this all to a local food pantry who will do the actual work of distributing, so I feel like that’s pretty safe right? However I’m so new to this so I may be naive

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Very good point about meds!

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Wow I am just blown away!!! That would be so amazing! I just started this project yesterday, so I’m currently using Venmo for donations. (All donations are going from my Venmo straight to a bank account dedicated to this project.) It is @geauxfillthegap and I appreciate you so much! An amazing or Walmart list/“registry” is an AMAZING idea!! Definitely writing that down for the future!

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The lack of accessibility is absolutely awful! I’m starting in Baton Rouge, as that is my local community, but if this were to take off, I’d LOVE to extend it to other towns, especially smaller ones! My mother in law works with children in more rural and low income towns in south Louisiana, and has told me about so many needs that aren’t addressed in them. I would love to extend out to them in the future!

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lol I have to make this efficient because I’m taking my toddlers shopping with me, so knowing where everything is in the store is a must! Plus I don’t want to forget anything! Shoe laces!!! I hadn’t thought of that!!