Candidate’s Family Q: Sending Food?
Question from family members looking to support their candidate:
Should we send food to our candidate? Obviously they could use extra calories and will miss home cooking.
Answer:
No.
They will probably either be forced to throw away the food right away, or put it in a closet until they are released to eat it. The official OCS website says the following: DON’T send items to your candidate unless asked for. (We don’t recommend sending perishable items.) It is parental nature to want to send something. RESIST!
So that’s your answer: Resist!
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