The other day I stopped by a large store in Ames that will remain unnamed so it doesn’t trigger any google alerts. I talked with them and filled out the paperwork so we could hang out in front of their store and give away free sno-cones. I’ve seen different organizations do this kind of stuff, although they are usually selling something and not giving it away.
When the store called back to get more info, they confirmed we were a church and that we were doing it for free. When they found that out they said “You can’t do that, so the answer is NO.”
I couldn’t believe it. Now if we were to charge money for the sno-cones, then give that money to a women’s shelter, then we would be able to do it. But to sit out there and pass the things out for free was not going to happen. You just can’t be nice anymore.
maybe we should help out the women’s shelter, then?
We will do something like that in the future, but this didn’t jive with what I was wanting to accomplish in this particular instance.