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To make your
food drive a success, follow these handy tips.
For more information or to arrange a drop-off time,
call The Food Bank at 413-247-9738.
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Create a theme for
your food drive.
Run a food drive in connection with a special
event or holiday celebration.
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Set a date for
your food drive.
A two-week food drive is usually about right.
Shorter food drives need to be very well
publicized to be effective.
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Publicize,
publicize, publicize!
Posters, flyers, e-mails, newsletter articles,
payroll inserts, and public service announcements
are all effective ways to let people know about
your food drive. It helps to provide people with a
contact person within the organization who can
answer questions. The Food Bank can also send a
speaker to your organization to talk about the
issue of hunger and what we all can do about it.
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Choose a method
for collecting food.
Please keep collection containers to a
reasonable size. Remember that even a small
box will become quite heavy when filled with
canned food. Large boxes and bins are very
hard to move once they're filled with food.
Please ask food donors to avoid glass containers
if at all possible.
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Double the value
of your donation by delivering it directly to The
Food Bank or a local food pantry! If you let
us know when you're dropping off your food, you can also arrange a tour of the
warehouse. If you cannot deliver food to The Food
Bank, we will refer you to one of our partner
programs, which might be closer to you. If a pick-up by The Food Bank is
necessary, arrangements must be made well in
advance.
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Thank everyone
in your organization for their participation.
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If your
organization’s newsletter or local paper publishes
anything regarding your food drive, please send us
a copy for our records. Thank you!
Current
list of most-needed items:
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