Food drives are essential in helping Food Share provide food for our 200 agency partners and programs.
Anyone can host a food drive. Although holidays are the most popular time of year, hunger is year round and we encourage you to participate any time! It’s easy to hold a food drive to help the hungry and we have the resources to assist you.
For more information contact:
Laura Thomson | Volunteer Events Coordinator
lthomson@foodshare.com
m: (805) 437-9478 | p: (805) 983-7100 x119
Top 5 Most Needed Food Items
Anyone can host a food drive! All that is required is leadership and dedication. Individuals, corporations, religious organizations, clubs, schools, and any other organization that can garner support, are welcome to participate.
Hosting a food drive is easy! First, set up a committee of team leaders and get any necessary approvals from management or administration for your food drive. Then just register your food drive using our online registration form. The registration form will provide us with all of the required information about your food drive so you can get started right away.
People go hungry every day of the year. While our biggest food drive event takes place during the holidays, we encourage groups to host food drives throughout the year, to keep our supplies well-stocked. You can start your food drive whenever you would like – just let us know your start and end dates on the registration form.
Part of organizing a food drive is setting a definite start and end date, but Food Share has no restrictions on how long or short your food drive lasts.
Food Share provides yellow barrels to help collect the food. We encourage you to pick up barrels at our Food Share office located at 4156 Southbank Road in Oxnard. Special arrangements can be made for larger food drives for barrel drop off and pick up. You may also use our logo to help promote the food drive. The approved use logo is below.
Food Share requests that you give three or more days notice before your food drive. Our drivers have a regular scheduled route and do barrel delivered in between.
Yes, if you would like to use your own boxes, you can use those in lieu of our barrels. Our goal is to make your food drive as easy and convenient for you as possible.
Yes! If you would rather drop off the food yourself, come to Food Share anytime Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. at our office on 4156 Southbank Road, Oxnard, CA 93036
Whether you are picking up and dropping off yourself, or having one of our trucks pick up and drop off, it is important to provide this information on your registration form.
Food Share always needs a variety of nonperishable goods.
We encourage donations of nutritious core food staples and protein food items over food items such as soda, cookies, candies and junk food. Food Share is dedicated to providing healthy food for our hungry friends.
Here is a list of most needed food items:
Please NO GLASS! Canned items, items in plastic containers and pop-top items are preferred. Unfortunately, we cannot accept home canned or baked products.
To a certain degree, yes. Things such as diapers, and hygienic products we accept, but please keep all non-food items separate from the food items. We do NOT accept: pet food, chemicals, soda, candy, or energy drinks.
Yes. For every dollar donated, Food Share can procure $5 worth of nutritious food for our friends in need. Please visit www.foodshare.com/donate
Yes. Food Share weighs everything that comes in and out of the warehouse, so once your food drive is over, we will weigh all of your filled barrels and let you know how much food you contributed.
Contact
Laura Thomson
lthomson@foodshare.com
805-983-7100 x119
