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Planning a Successful Food Drive

Ready.

Establish your team or committee
Create a food or hunger theme
Set your goals and plan logistics
Determine the timeline.

Set.

Obtain a sturdy collection of bins and establish drop off locations (copy-paper boxes work well).
Label boxes with food drive information.
Promote the event — company emails, newsletter, posters, etc.
Send bags home for employees to fill up.
Share hunger statistics with participants.
Organize a group of volunteers to deliver the donations and tour the Foodbank.

Go.

Contact the Foodbank before the drive ends to discuss options
We will send you a receipt for the total pounds collected
Make sure you share or publicize your results

Whew!.

Review the event and set a date for next year!

If you are interested in planning a food drive to benefit the Arkansas Foodbank Network, please contact Walter Tucker, Food Drive Coordinator, the Foodbank at (501) 565-8121, ext. 24.