A group of friends are organizing an event to take a day and feed the homeless a hot meal and give them a care package including clothes, toiletries and food. It is a one time event and has grown rather large, are we allowed to ask businesses for non-monetary donations such as prepackaged food, hotel toiletries, bags to hold the items they are being given, etc. ? A member of the group is saying we will incur fines but do want to provide as much as we can, someone else in the group stated as long as the business knows they can't give money and its isn't deductible the group will be fine. Who is right?