Have Second Harvest come speak to your group about food drives!
Representatives of the St. Joseph Food Bank are available to speak with your
employees, group or association.  To schedule a speaker call Second Harvest at 816.364.3663

Barrels of Hope
Don’t forget Second Harvest while you are grocery shopping!  The following merchants have a Barrel of Hope in their store year-round for your convenience.  These sites are available in the evening and on weekends when Second Harvest food bank is closed.

• Price Chopper (36^th and Frederick)

• Ray’s Green Hills (3225 N. Belt)

• Roger’s Green Hills (1004 5^th Ave.)

Host a Food Drive!

While all donations of food help to feed those in need, holding a food drive is a terrific way to help the Food Bank and your community.

Here's how to start your food drive:

1. Choose the dates that are best for your organization, school or group to begin and end your food drive.
    

2. Decide on supplies needed before you start the food drive such as:
   * Boxes-can be picked up from the Food Bank
   * Posters-click here for poster
   * Personalized email blitz (will be customized and emailed to you)-just call Melissa
   
   You may pick up supplies at the Food Bank between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday, excluding holidays.
    

3. Please fill out the order form that can be faxed, mailed, or emailed to *Melissa Leander. Click here for order form.
    

4. What foods are needed? Click here for a list of food most needed. This is a list of items we always need at Second Harvest. Add it to your poster, post it on the bulletin board, tape it to your collection food box...however you see fit.
    

5. For food drive ideas and themes click here for ideas and themes.
    

6. Food Drive Made Easy: Let Second Harvest do the work for you! If your business is too busy to collect food or you simply don't have the room to store the collected food, host a fund drive instead. For every $1 you donate to Second Harvest, we can distribute 8 - 10 lbs of food. That's enough to feed at least 5 people!
    

7. Don't forget to say THANK YOU [thank you ideas] to all of the people who volunteered their time, energy and resources to make your fund/food drive a true success.

Questions? Feel free to contact Melissa Leander, the food drive coordinator at

Phone: 816.364.3663 ex. 208
Fax: 816. 364.6404
Email: mleander@seconharvest.org