Making Your Food Drive FUN!!

  1. Develop a name or theme for your drive.
  2. Sponsor a casual day "Beans for Jeans."
  3. Use donation incentives: extra break, prizes, etc.
  4. Consider having a party and use canned food for admission.
  5. Use payroll stuffers or email to remind employees about the drive.
  6. Allow employees to take a payroll deduction and donate directly to the Food Bank.
  7. Skip lunch and donate what you would have spent to the Food Bank.
  8. Challenge another department, building, or business to hold a food drive.
  9. Have a pizza party for the winning team.
  10. Have a donation box decoration competition.
  11. Have a coin drive instead of a food drive, then see what group can collect the most money.
  12. Build a can structure.
  13. Give awards for the oddest food item collected or the most pounds collected by one person.
  14. Encourage your customers or vendors to participate.
  15. Hold a hunger walk.
  16. Set your goal. If you exceed it, your boss must color her/his hair pink, shave his beard, or wear tacky clothes to work.
  17. Have daily donation themes such as "Macaroni Mondays,""Tuna Tuesdays," etc.

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