Hold a Food Drive

Holding a food drive is a fun and easy way to help feed our hungry neighbors. We are always looking for high-quality nutritious food - including canned lean meats, peanut butter, canned vegetables and fruits, canned soups, rice, pasta, and whole grain cereal. Please review our wish list below.

***Did you know? Every $1 donated to Second Harvest can provide 4 meals to your hungry neighbors. Consider incorporating a fundraiser!

To get started with your food drive, send an email tjohnson@fightinghunger.org – Tom Johnson is our Community Outreach Coordinator and he’ll work with you to get the most out of your organization’s incredible generosity! Please include:

-Planned dates of your food drive

-Location with street address

-Contact information

-Are you able to collect and deliver your donations to our warehouse?

As the holiday season approaches, the community has shown overwhelming support for Second Harvest and our hungry neighbors. All of our food collection barrels are currently in use (October 2011) and our drivers are busier than ever. We will coordinate the logistics of your collection to best suit your needs, but please remember that even small contributions like using your own boxes or sending a volunteer to pick them up from our warehouse really helps us fulfill our mission of feeding the hungry!

Thank you so much for helping us fight hunger. Below are some tips and resources to help you maximize your food drive:

-Advertise your food drive! Let others share in the joy of collecting food for the hungry by advertising your food drive with flyers. Don’t forget to send out reminder e-mails or make announcements.

-Collect nutritious, non-perishable canned or packaged foods.

-Prepare your donation for pick-up or delivery by boxing food in medium-sized boxes*. Please limit the weight of each box to no more than 40 pounds for easy handling. Remember: if you can’t lift the box, we can’t lift the box!

* Medium-sized boxes are Xerox-type boxes with approximately 18”x12”x10” measurements. Please limit weight of each box to 40 pounds (if you can’t lift it, we can’t lift it!).

Food Drive Tips.pdf 53.32 kB

Food Drive Wish List.pdf 25.96 kB

Food Drive Collection Sign.pdf 24.41 kB