Host a Food Drive
We would love to partner with your civic group, small group, class, neighborhood, or family to host a food drive for the Emergency Food Box. You’ll find a list of our most requested items here. For more information, please contact us at 641-753-2801.
Here's how you can organize a food drive for the Emergency Food Box .
Here's how you can organize a food drive for the Emergency Food Box .
- Contact us. We have different needs throughout the year. Contact us and let us know when you want to run your food drive, and we can tell you the items we need the most.
- Set a goal. Decide how much food you want to collect and ensure people know your objective.
- Promote your event. Make sure many people know about your event by personally inviting them to participate.Social media is also a great way to promote your food drive.
- Collect donations for two weeks. You can make the dates longer or shorter, but we suggest running your food drive for two weeks. Let people know what you're collecting, when and where to drop their donation.
- Track your success. Celebrating a goal is more fun, so keep track of the donations received.
- Drop off your donations. Contact our us to coordinate your drop-off. Be sure to take photos of your group members next to the food you collected and tag Emergency Food Box on Facebook.