Commentary
Governments spreading kindness
Government programs face tight budgets and dwindling resources. But gifts-in-kind organizations enable municipalities to obtain free merchandise that can benefit recipients in a big way.
A gifts-in-kind organization such as the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources solicits donations of valuable, new merchandise from American corporations and redistributes the merchandise to their members free of charge. Municipalities and related agencies can include housing authorities, police and fire departments and social service programs.
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