Bill Angel
Gold Member
There is an irritating depiction in this TV commercial. It shows a young couple trying to feed themselves from the food they retrieve from a dumpster. I don't believe that such a situation exists anywhere in the USA, and would not exist even without such charitable assistance as might be provided by the organization that created this commercial. I also thought it appropriate to mention today as the creators of the commercial are trying to "punch up" its significance by including a sound excerpt from a speech delivered by Martin Luther King. This commercial is running today on cable TV.Our local grocers have a program with Harvesters here in KC. At the register they have barcodes they can scan that are donations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and twenty dollars. I try to buy a ticket everytime I shop. Im not sure where all the money goes but I know its mostly for food.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYulRcjKFQU]Volunteers of America "Speeches" commercial - YouTube[/ame]