Feed the Need Food Drive

Feed the Need in action.

The Feed the Need food drive is a great way to collect donations and inform our neighbors about the work that Inter-Faith does.

It works in partnership with your local grocery store (store manager’s permission) and involves manning a booth at the front of the store. Then, you will inform shoppers about Inter-Faith with flyers and word of mouth in an effort to collect as much food as possible. The collected food is then brought to Inter-Faith and sorted in our food bank.

This event is a great way to see first hand how much food Inter-Faith needs and how community support is vital to meeting this need.

Here are the steps to get involved:

1. Download and fill out the Food Drive Commitment form.
2. Select a date, at least 3 weeks out, when 5-7 members of your group (including one adult supervisor) will be available for 3 hours to conduct a food drive.
3. Contact the Manager of your local grocery store to secure approval to collect food at their store on your selected date at your selected time.
4. Contact Inter-Faith at 303-789-0501 or jeanr@ifcs.org to inform us of your approaching Feed the Need food drive.
5. The week of your Feed the Need food drive contact Inter-Faith again at 303-789-0501 or jeanr@ifcs.org to arrange pick up of flyers to hand to shoppers listing needed items and those on sale. Inter-Faith can also provide signage and barrels for food collection.
6. Return the collected food, signs and barrels to Inter-Faith Community Service weekdays between 8:30 am-3:30 pm. If you need to make arrangements to deliver collected food on the weekend please contact Inter-Faith at 303-789-0501 or jeanr@ifcs.org.

Bring the collected food to Inter-Faith and help fill the food bank shelves.

It’s that easy. Here is a flyer to download with the above information to share with your friends, family and colleagues.

Nervous? Here is what another group had to say:

“There were 7 of us and 4 of us had extreme reservations about soliciting donations from strangers, but by 2:00 everyone was feeling comfortable and  really reaching out in a friendly way, whether or not people contributed.  We felt really good about the outcome and felt that God had truly blessed our efforts.”- Debby Young.

Contact Inter-Faith Community Services today for more information on how you can make an impact in your community.