Host a Food Drive
Why host a food drive?
Many families in our area don’t have enough money to buy food. As our ecomony has weakend and food prices continually rise, so do the number of families that need our assistance to provide food.
A food drive is an easy way for you and your organization, business, or civic group to help ease the pain of hunger for your neighbors. Many of your members have spare food in the cupboards or would not mind purchasing an extra can or two on their regular grocery shopping trip.
Where does the food go?
Food drive contributions are used to fill emergency food boxes. These boxes are 55 pounds of non-perishable food items. Many of our clients are retired, disabled or living on a fixed income. Other are the “working poor”, earning barely enough to pay their monthly bills with little left for food.
Last year…
The Chattanooga Area Food Bank distributed 18,500 emergency food boxes to more than 2,500 families each month.
Annually, 1,100,000 pounds of food are needed to fill the demand for these boxes. As the number of families using this food assistance program grows, so does the need for food.
Get Started Today
For more information about hosting a food drive, download our food drive brochure or contact Jen Ferking at (423) 622-1800, jferking@chattfoodbank.org
How to have a successful food drive
