The Community Hunger Drive is an invitation to you and your organization to partner with River Bend Food Bank by collecting food and raising funds for people experiencing hunger in your local community. Last year, 28 local organizations hosted Community Hunger Drives, the proceeds of which provided nearly 500,000 meals. Help us hit a half million meals this year by hosting your own!
WHO DOES THE COMMUNITY HUNGER DRIVE HELP?
At River Bend Food Bank, we believe hunger can happen to anyone and our Community Hunger Drives provide hunger-relief to the 1 in 8 adults and 1 in 6 children experiencing hunger in eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
HOW IT WORKS
- Register your business or organization to lead a Community Hunger Drive by visiting the website at (riverbendfoodbank.org/communityhungerdrive) or scanning the QR code below
- Host a Community Hunger Drive at your business or organization
- River Bend Food Band will provide you with a dedicated online donation page and a QR code to make donating to the drive simple and accessible
- Engage your employees and business partners with fun activities and incentives for participating
- Use your corporate matching program to maximize your donation, or consider making a corporate gift
- Collect all funds and food, then deliver to River Bend Food Bank at the conclusion so we can calculate how much you raised
- Celebrate the collective results of your Community Hunger Drive
SOME IDEAS TO GET YOU
STARTED
- Recruit a committee to assist with planning
and managing events and activities. If your organization has a matching gifts program, encourage your co-workers to use it to double the impact of their donation. - Host a Kickoff Event to share details and build excitement for the upcoming drive.
- Having the support of management is key to
a successful drive. Engage members of your organization’s leadership to participate in the fun! - Challenge another department or group to a competition to see who can raise the most funds. Consider offering a prize for the winning group.
- Host Casual Days. For a donation to the Community Hunger Drive, employees can dress in jeans on designated days.
- Involve food…it’s always a hit! Host a bake sale, hold a chili cook off and charge $5 to eat lunch, sell donuts in the morning and candy bars or popcorn in the afternoon.
GET MORE INFORMATION
Contact: Dorie Arp-Benore
Email: darpbenore@riverbendfoodbank.org
Office: (563) 345-6490, ext. 2200
Cell: (563) 340-7709
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