Well, I've been kicking this idea around for a while now and TTFN sorta beat me to the punch.

The holiday season is just around the corner, so I think this is a good time to start. talked about it with VOR at Bohica's party and I want to know what you guys think of hooking up a canned food drive? What I want to suggest is that at every Taco Tuesday or whatever little get togethers we have, everyone bring in one can of food from now up until Thanksgiving/Christmas, take your pick. Someone will need to volunteer to collect the food. Then, AS A GROUP we donate this stuff to homeless shelter, or something of that nature. Remember, this kinda stuff ain't welfare, it's people doing a humane thing for other people. Not only is this an honorable deed to do, but it also puts GD.COM on the map for things outside of just duning. Helping others out and at the same time gaining a little more credibility in the eyes of those who want to close our home away from home down seems like a great thing to me.

Please, post your opinions on this and let's get this thing rolling!!

Sounds Great!
I need more details though.

Also, a Toy Drive for sick or under priviledged kids would be cool!

I think that's a great idea. Peeps can bring a can and/or toy!

I'm not sure where we would take the stuff but I'm sure Wayno and I can find the time to help deliver it.

More info?

Sal, take the ball and run with it buddy! This sounds like a good thing, I will help out. Maybe I can start with the AZ party next weekend.

But more details about this proposed idea would be great.

Thanks Sal

well, I guess we would need input from the group as to where to donate, to whom... stuff like that. I need to see if we can get peeps from the orange county/l.a. area to hook up like the san diego peeps do for taco tuesday so we can hang out and get more stuff collected. if we do a toy and food drive, then we should save up all of our stuff for christmas.

Maybe this coming taco tuesday peeps can start pitching in... we need a few volunteers to stock the food/toys so not just one household is holding all the stuff in each area.

do you guys wanna donate the goods to somewhere over there in san diego? I don't know of any place over there so this is where you guys decide. wherever will be great. the point here is to help out and not to mention get us recognized and maybe some support for our cause. we're duners and much more!!! can I get a woo woo? I will start looking where to donate...

Just remember, every out of glamis gathering everyone should bring in a can of food and/or toy and, believe me... it'll add up real quick!!!

Thanks for your guys' support on this

Oh yeah... since this is on behalf of GD.COM, do I need the Slapmeister's approval on this?!?!?

Sal, I will make sure Slap sees this.

Just MY opinion, but since Michelle is doing the toy drive, maybe this effort should focus on the canned food collection. Doing both is OK too, but it just adds to the amount of work for those who volunteer. Either way, I will help out.

I say as far as L.A./Orange County is concerned, we should start doing a Taco Tuesday type thing maybe every other week... People from north of San Diego don't really live as close to each other as others and finding a center point has been kinda shady in the past, so maybe doing this every other week would work. Bring two cans?!?!? I will volunteer to collect over here. Arizona peeps could do it also!! Even do their own thing over there...

Date?? Saturday December 20 seems like a good date for us to donate the stuff. Right before Christmas and on a weekend. When we do donate, I'd like for as many of us to be there as possible. This is on behalf of ALL of us.

For now, I need to set up a meeting point for us L.A./ORANGE people so we can get this thing rollin....

[quote]Sal, I will make sure Slap sees this.

Just MY opinion, but since Michelle is doing the toy drive, maybe this effort should focus on the canned food collection. Doing both is OK too, but it just adds to the amount of work for those who volunteer. Either way, I will help out.[/quote]

Sounds good!! Let's focus on the food then!!!

So, this will focus our efforts into a homeless shelter or something of that nature, correct?

Alright!! It's starting to sound like a plan!!

Sal,
Even though what you are talking about sounds a little bit different, I found this site with some suggestions on doing a food drive. Check it out HERE.

you are da man!! Thanks!! The problem with me, see, is that I'm a do as I go along kinda guy... hehehe

Really, I appreciate you looking into this... I'm actually studying for my LAST TWO FINALS so I haven't gotten around to researching it.. I know, I know... I have time to be on GD.COM but no time for research... it's an addiction, remember?!? hahaaaaaa

A Taco Tuesday type of thing sounds great! Are there any duners here is the San Fernando Valley who would be interested in a get together once or twice a month????????

Let me know!

OK, here's some quickie ideas.......


GLAMISDUNES.COM "Duning/Duners?? Against Hunger" <-- need feedback

When to donate: Every gathering (all types)
Taco Tuesdays... must show up with at least one can of food.

Food to be donated:

Canned for the most part.....

Veggies, beans, tuna, pasta packages, mac n cheese we could even donate some candy, oatmeal, cereal, powdered milk, soups, fruits etc... all that is non-perishable. Like the website said... protein food preferred!!

Incentive to bring canned food:

From each "region" we will keep a tally on how many cans each person brought. Then, let's say at the Thankgiving gathering we hook that person up with something real cool... I volunteer to buy something for our areas winner... I guess that's to be decided on.....

Soon, we need to decide where it is that we're going to donate the food to and we need to let them know we're coming!

We could also collect food from our neighbors it that's not too much trouble.

I will start buying some boxes from Home Depot to put the food in.

Sound OK so far??

here are two places that we could donate to....

it'll be up to the group to decide which one.......

http://www.sandiegofoodbank.org/
http://www.orangecountyfoodbank.com/

[quote]A Taco Tuesday type of thing sounds great! Are there any duners here is the San Fernando Valley who would be interested in a get together once or twice a month????????

Let me know![/quote]

I am not too far from the San Fernando Valley and I would be willing to go there... as for other people's commute... I don't know. We'll have to wait for some replies

Another idea, once you get feedback from Slap, would be to set up boxes at the cooling spot (after getting their permission) and pass out flyers in the surrounding areas telling of the gd.com cause and get people to stop by the cooling spot to toss in a can or two. I think if we do something like this we open more doors as far as getting more people to help donate and instead of this being strictly a gd.com thing we can extend it to being like you said 'duners against hunger sponsored by gd.com and local so cal duners' or something to that effect. We could even set up boxes out side camp..(wash 13.5) and tell people where were going to be and they can stop by at any time to donate. What do you think?


[quote]OK, here's some quickie ideas.......


GLAMISDUNES.COM "Duning/Duners?? Against Hunger" <-- need feedback

When to donate: Every gathering (all types)
Taco Tuesdays... must show up with at least one can of food.

Food to be donated:

Canned for the most part.....

Veggies, beans, tuna, pasta packages, mac n cheese we could even donate some candy, oatmeal, cereal, powdered milk, soups, fruits etc... all that is non-perishable. Like the website said... protein food preferred!!

Incentive to bring canned food:

From each "region" we will keep a tally on how many cans each person brought. Then, let's say at the Thankgiving gathering we hook that person up with something real cool... I volunteer to buy something for our areas winner... I guess that's to be decided on.....

Soon, we need to decide where it is that we're going to donate the food to and we need to let them know we're coming!

We could also collect food from our neighbors it that's not too much trouble.

I will start buying some boxes from Home Depot to put the food in.

Sound OK so far??[/quote]

Nicole, I love it! This is exactly what we need... feedback!! I don't know how big we want this to get, so that's where I'm kinda stuck on ideas... but that sounds really cool!! We could announce now, that we will, in fact, set up signs and have boxes ready for people to donate. I know there are a lot of people who read this board and don't post, and maybe just by knowing that we will be out at G and what we are doing, duners will go to Glamis with some extra items of food to donate... getting this thing out and beyond gd.com is a fantastic idea!!

you da man, Nicole!!!! you know what I mean!! hahaha

I will talk to the guys at the Cooling Spot on October 3rd and maybe even leave boxes there that day.

[quote="Dust_Bunny"]Another idea, once you get feedback from Slap, would be to set up boxes at the cooling spot (after getting their permission) and pass out flyers in the surrounding areas telling of the gd.com cause and get people to stop by the cooling spot to toss in a can or two.

We could even set up boxes out side camp..(wash 13.5) and tell people where were going to be and they can stop by at any time to donate.



I know must of ya'll camp at wash 13.5 but my group & another group we are close with all camp on Gecko Road. I'd be willing to have boxes, etc... set up at our camp & let surrounding camps know as well. I already go into other camps that aren't cleaning up their our trash and hand them trash bags so they can pick up after themselves. My husband says that I have B***S the size of Texas. So a food drive box is not a problem.

I am unfamiliar with the Cooling Spot but we are good friends with the GM at Kolbe Cycle Sales in Woodland Hills. I could talk to him about a flyer or something to inform riders that shop there to prepare for Glamis about this.

LMK,

Debbie

I think once there are enough people involved things will roll smoothly. Setting up places for collections is probably the first and foremost. Then finding people to haul and store the goods until the drop off date..will probably fall right into play, esp when they know it's for a good cause. If we can use the GD.com logo we can print up some signs to put on the fronts of the boxes so people know just which organization it is that is going to all the work to help people out there and you're right to say that we would be recognized..another way to go is to let the local news papers know whats going on and most or all will be more than happy to run a couple lines in the paper for free if we give them a story..gets it out to more people that way..but like you said..we don't know how big we want this to get. We need feedback from the other members..

Thanks MPB!! The Cooling Spot is down the 78 from Gecko Road right before you get to the Glamis Beach Store and it located in "Glamis Flats". I'm going to talk to the guys at Cycle Parts West, Cycle Products West, and Mission Yamaha to let us put some flyers at their establishments... way to keep the ideas coming!!!

[quote]I think once there are enough people involved things will roll smoothly. Setting up places for collections is probably the first and foremost. Then finding people to haul and store the goods until the drop off date..will probably fall right into play, esp when they know it's for a good cause. If we can use the GD.com logo we can print up some signs to put on the fronts of the boxes so people know just which organization it is that is going to all the work to help people out there and you're right to say that we would be recognized..another way to go is to let the local news papers know whats going on and most or all will be more than happy to run a couple lines in the paper for free if we give them a story..gets it out to more people that way..but like you said..we don't know how big we want this to get. We need feedback from the other members..[/quote]

touche! :mrgreen:

I hate to be the spoiler here, but with the new vendor rules and much higher vendor fees, I highly doubt that the cooling spot will be at G at all. >:<

Well KG..you aren't a spoilsport.. we wont know for sure about the cooling spot until we get there..ya know..and even so if it is gone we can still have drop offs at camp..

Sal-what an absolutely great idea!

We have a great food bank here (St Mary's-the world's first food bank-www.smfb.org) that does a lot of good in the Phx. area. I'd be willing to help out over here if we wanted to do a seperate donation in AZ also.
And yes, we could start with the party next Saturday :bounce:

Julie

Hey Julie, that sounds great. The more us duners can give back to the community, the better! If we don't do a separate thing, maybe on the day we donate we can have some sort of GD.COM Christmas party after we donate the food, not only for us to celebrate Christmas with each other, but also to give a little incentive for many of us to show up when we do donate the food... I'm just brainstorming here... Heck, we can even do a little gift exchange at the party... again... JUST BRAINSTORMING..

I'm really glad there's positive feedback flowing back from this... you guys are the best

your the man sal...........

Hey Sal, I am in for whatever help you need. My truck is your truck if you need it. I will also post this here at work. I am sure I can get a few donations here at the hospital.

Thanks, Chris! WOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sal-
I just signed up as the AZ chapter of Glamis Dunes.com with St Mary's to have a food drive from the 13th-Dec. 20th. I have them delivering 3 boxes (which will each hold 300 lbs of food :shock: ) before Saturday. Hopefully the party Saturday will give us a good start towards getting them filled!
They will also be bringing literature out that I will bring with out to the dunes.
Julie

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Sal- I just signed up as the AZ chapter of Glamis Dunes.com with St Mary's to have a food drive from the 13th-Dec. 20th. I have them delivering 3 boxes (which will each hold 300 lbs of food  :shock: ) before Saturday. Hopefully the party Saturday will give us a good start towards getting them filled! They will also be bringing literature out that I will bring with out to the dunes. Julie

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way to go, Julie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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QUOTE A Taco Tuesday type of thing sounds great! Are there any duners here is the San Fernando Valley who would be interested in a get together once or twice a month???????? Let me know! I am not too far from the San Fernando Valley and I would be willing to go there... as for other people's commute... I don't know. We'll have to wait for some replies

I talked to my husband, Jayson, last night when he got home from Pismo and told him about the Taco Tuesday type thing & he reminded me the we really get together for Friday Night Pizza Night every Friday with some duner friends (I guess I had a Blonde Moment & forgot :roll2: ). Anyway, he said anyone who would like to join us that lives near here is more than Welcome & we'll start doing a canned food drive there locally as well.

We meet at Casa de Pizza on Fallbrook Ave at Saticoy Street in West Hills around 7 or 7:30. We are usually there until about 8:30 or 9pm. Then walk back to our house for a few more cocktails. :beer:

Anyone interested let me know! We'd love to see ya! :bounce:

Debbie

nice...

I need to think of a place that's relatively central to many of us here also... I will try to go hang with you guys one of these Fridays...


For anyone interested in the San Diego Food Bank, here is the registration form to officially sign up with them..

http://www.nhais.org/PUBLIC/Volunteer/food...rive.cfm?tlCo=2

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I BET ORANGE COUNTY CAN GET MORE FOOD THAN THE OTHERS!!! OH OH!! DO I SMELL A CHALLENGE?!?!?!?!?!? COME ON, PROVE ME WRONG!!!

Love ya Sal, but you are WRONG!

Arizona is gonna beat the pants off you CA peeps!!!

Julie

OOOOHHH HOT DARN, SLAPPY GOTTA DANCE. Slapptacious idea SAL, and it looks like there are all kindsa folks runnin with it...Slap is all for it. And ya know, Slap may have some good old fashioned Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup...AAAAAAHHH, JUST LIKE MOM USED TO...well, just like Campbells used to make ...

And it looks like there be some competition against da folks in the East??? Ain't nothing like lining up on the gate and the 30 second board turns sideways...YEEEEHHHHAAAWWWW...


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Well Sal..looks like you got Slaps blessings! Let's roll with it! :rollsmile: :burn:

WAHOOO!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

If Slappy is OK with it then everything is gonna be all right!!!

thanks for having our back on this, Slap!!!!!!!!

OK Sal, I just picked it up for SD. I've got them delivering barrels, boxes, posters and money cans. I guess the challenge is on so let's go SanDiego!!

Way to go Kerin, we will be there for support

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OK Sal, I just picked it up for SD. I've got them delivering barrels, boxes, posters and money cans. I guess the challenge is on so let's go SanDiego!!

Sal, I think this is an awesome idea. Maybe Nicole and I can get together and take the IE end of this food drive. We can contact Chaparrells as well as some other off road businesses in our areas and set boxes up there. What do ya think Nic, wanna do this together? Anyways Sal, let us know a central place we can get together to turn in collected food etc. Thanks for getting this going and how awesome is this group to be doing this!!

I just got a funny visual...

Since I'm flying to AZ this week to go to Julie's party, I can just see a puzzled look on the airport security guy... "Why in the world do you have all those cans of food in your carry-on bag?" :shock: :mrgreen:

Maybe I should just buy them in AZ instead.

[b]SAL

Please Put a post together with all the Collectors and what not (details etc..) in Connections that way I can make it an announcement. Cool :?:

Need to have places to drop the grub, like buggy shops etc.. :mrgreen: :lick:

[quote][b]SAL

Please Put a post together with all the Collectors and what not (details etc..) in Connections that way I can make it an announcement. Cool :?:

Need to have places to drop the grub, like buggy shops etc.. :mrgreen: :lick:[/quote]

Will do, Chummin... give me a couple of days... I take two finals on Thursday and it's BYEBYE to my undergrad career, so I'll have lotsa time after that... sound cool?!? Now, as far as collectors, do you mean the participants i.e. us? or businesses that we are going to get involved with this??? PM me

[quote]Sal, I think this is an awesome idea. Maybe Nicole and I can get together and take the IE end of this food drive. We can contact Chaparrells as well as some other off road businesses in our areas and set boxes up there. What do ya think Nic, wanna do this together? Anyways Sal, let us know a central place we can get together to turn in collected food etc. Thanks for getting this going and how awesome is this group to be doing this!![/quote]

Sounds like a plan..we can get together this weekend and talk if ya like..I get off work at 4 so we can hook up friday night or something and start looking for places or saturday and possibly calling places. I will PM you my digits..

Got Cycle Parts West in Stanton to take some boxes for us and help pass out flyers. I'm going to talk to management later again later this week and maybe have them print a couple of lines in their ads about the food drive...

Also, I'm waiting for the manager at Mission Yamaha to get back to me. He left early for the day, but the guy I spoke with said he's sure that the manager will be all for it...

[quote]

Also, I'm waiting for the manager at Mission Yamaha to get back to me. He left early for the day, but the guy I spoke with said he's sure that the manager will be all for it...[/quote]

I live in Long Beach, so if you want me to run something down to them, let me know. I can pick it up from you and run it down there or whatever.

[quote][quote]

Also, I'm waiting for the manager at Mission Yamaha to get back to me. He left early for the day, but the guy I spoke with said he's sure that the manager will be all for it...[/quote]

I live in Long Beach, so if you want me to run something down to them, let me know. I can pick it up from you and run it down there or whatever.[/quote]

Thanks, Tyson... If I need to I will definitely hit you up.

Would be great if we could get a hold of chap before the 27th and see if they would mind if we stuck some boxes out there..there are going to be so many people there for the parking lot sale that this would be a great spot to put a couple boxes..waiting for Sand4Fun to get back to me about this weekend..

DB, I just PM'd ya.