Canning

The practice of soliciting small donations at traffic lights. Unlike other forms of Family fund-raising, canning was extremely low-cost, because the only literature given out to donors was an occasional pamphlet. This, combined with the sheer number of people that could be solicited in a single day made canning a very lucrative enterprise.

Because the time available to speak to each donor was typically less than 30 seconds, canning was not truly considered witnessing. For this reason, David Berg forbade canning in a GN titled "Can the Canning." Shortly after his death, however, Family members began canning again in earnest, with the rationale that "even a smile is a witness," though later this was again largely stopped.