Lowcountry Food Bank

7 Easy Steps to a
Successful Food Drive

  1. Plan Ahead:
    • Select a leader or leadership committee to plan the strategy and theme.
    • Determine your drive's length.
    • Contact the Lowcountry Food Bank to notify us of your food drive.
  2. Set a Goal
    • Determine the number of pounds or food items you want to collect; set a goal for each person and multiply this by your total head count.
  3. Promote Your Drive
    • Two weeks before the drive, hang posters, pass out flyers, send interoffice emails or use payroll stuffers with the date(s), who will receive the food and what types of food is needed.
    • Contact the Lowcountry Food Bank for any posters or printed materials.
  4. Build Awareness and Visibility
    • Arrange for a Lowcountry Food Bank speaker to come to your orgnization.
    • Ask us for information on hunger and use it in your newsletter.
    • Promote the food drive on your marquee or outside signage.
  5. Make It Fun & Simple to Participate
    • Be creative and use existing resources! Any type of sturdy box will work (ex: copier paper box) Boxes can be decorated and encourage participation.
    • Place collection containers in convenient, high-traffic areas of your building.
  6. Create Fun Competitions
    • Create categories - largest individual donation, most unusual food, most pounds per department.
    • Themed competitions - "Carolina vs. Clemson", "First Floor vs. Second Floor", "Men vs. Women"
    • Match your employees donations per pound.
    • Give incentives to participate: movie passes, gift certificates, parking spaces, free lunch, casual day, etc.
    • Update employees on the progress of the drive.
  7. Celebrate your success-deliver your food to the Lowcountry Food Bank and watch the pounds add up!!!

 

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7 Easy Steps to a
Successful Food Drive

  1. Plan Ahead:
    • Select a leader or leadership committee to plan the strategy and theme.
    • Determine your drive's length.
    • Contact the Lowcountry Food Bank to notify us of your food drive.
  2. Set a Goal
    • Determine the number of pounds or food items you want to collect; set a goal for each person and multiply this by your total head count.
  3. Promote Your Drive
    • Two weeks before the drive, hang posters, pass out flyers, send interoffice emails or use payroll stuffers with the date(s), who will receive the food and what types of food is needed.
    • Contact the Lowcountry Food Bank for any posters or printed materials.
  4. Build Awareness and Visibility
    • Arrange for a Lowcountry Food Bank speaker to come to your orgnization.
    • Ask us for information on hunger and use it in your newsletter.
    • Promote the food drive on your marquee or outside signage.
  5. Make It Fun & Simple to Participate
    • Be creative and use existing resources! Any type of sturdy box will work (ex: copier paper box) Boxes can be decorated and encourage participation.
    • Place collection containers in convenient, high-traffic areas of your building.
  6. Create Fun Competitions
    • Create categories - largest individual donation, most unusual food, most pounds per department.
    • Themed competitions - "Carolina vs. Clemson", "First Floor vs. Second Floor", "Men vs. Women"
    • Match your employees donations per pound.
    • Give incentives to participate: movie passes, gift certificates, parking spaces, free lunch, casual day, etc.
    • Update employees on the progress of the drive.
  7. Celebrate your success-deliver your food to the Lowcountry Food Bank and watch the pounds add up!!!

 

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From Shelf to the Hungry!

Thanks to our Store Donation Program partners, our agencies feed thousands of food insecure individuals everyday.  Listen as NPR shares a powerful story about how food banks across the country depend on this special relationship.  A Squash's journey.... 

LCFB Announces New Director

The Lowcountry Food Bank Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Pat Walker will be joining the Lowcountry Food Bank as President and CEO on January 17, 2012. Please read the full announcement and learn more about our future President and CEO. 

Bon Appetit-December eNewsletter

Click here to view the Lowcountry Food Bank's December Bon Appetit eNewsletter. To sign up to receive our monthy Bon Appetit, please contact the Lowcountry Food Bank's Development Associate, Margaret Williamson