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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Lowcountry Food Bank on CNN

Lowcountry Food Bank Executive Director, D. Jermaine Husser shared on CNN Newsroom with Heidi Collins that people in our community were simply looking for "hope" in the form of food. Husser, along with three other spokespeople representing Foodbanks around the country, was part of a panel discussion on the state of hunger in our nation.Watch Video>>>>

The Farmer's Table

This September, we invite you to reconnect with the source of your food, and to honor the talented farmers, food artisans, and chefs that contribute to the growing culinary reputation and local food community of Beaufort. Led by Chef Jim Spratling, The Farmer's Table supper features a 3 course collaborative menu that is seasonal and diverse..... more>>>>

Bon Appetit-June eNewsletter

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