Host a Food Drive
Virtual Food Drives
Food Drives
Virtual Food Drives
Many of our donors go that extra mile — by using Foodlink’s Virtual Food Drive tool to spread awareness and raise funds through events of their own creation. Foodlink will help you create a personalized web page. From there, you can invite friends and family to sponsor your participation in events such as marathons or to honor your big day, such as your wedding or bar or bat mitzvah — by making a donation to Foodlink.
Start your own page today!
Your dollar will go farther with a Virtual Food Drive! Learn about its benefits:
LOWER COSTS: The Virtual Food Drive tool eliminates the operational costs of transportation and staff hours involved in a traditional food drive.
STRETCHES DOLLARS: Your dollars go further as the food bank saves costs by using funds for bulk buying and special partnerships with large food donors.
SUPPLIES MUCH-NEEDED ITEMS: Donations go toward purchasing much-needed supplemental food and grocery products that traditional food drives do not bring in.
EASY AND FUN TO USE: As a donor, you'll get a real sense of the impact your donation has on feeding the hungry. With the click of a button you can give much-needed food and know how many meals your donation has helped provide. Every $5 helps to provide 25 meals for people in need! There is no need for employees to remember to bring in bulky food, and your company is not encumbered with logistics associated with traditional food drives.
SIMPLE TO ORGANIZE: A tailored Virtual Food Drive can be easily organized by email around your company, or placed on your company's Intranet with the investment of minimum resources.
TAILORED FOR YOUR COMPANY: Foodlink can work with your company to customize a Virtual Food Drive to include your company's logo and messages.
TEAM BUILDING: Corporations are given full access to track the success of the campaign for internal morale-building purposes.
MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY: Every dollar donated allows Foodlink to procure six pounds of food — there is no more efficient way to help!
For more information on how to set up your own Virtual Food drive contact fooddrives@foodlinkny.org or call (585) 328-3380. 
Food Drives
Holding a food drive is a fun and easy group activity and helps give people a sense of social responsibility. Food drives also provide critically needed nonperishable food for community programs throughout our area.
We will be happy to work with your organization to provide food drive barrels, materials and a Foodlink representative to come out to speak to your organization about the difference your efforts can make for our neighbors in need. Please see the Food Drive Resources section for more helpful tips to make your food drive a success.
For more information on how to organize your own food drive, and most needed foods, contact fooddrives@foodlinkny.org or call (585) 328-3380.
The following files are PDF files and require Acrobat Reader.
Food Drive Resources
Food Drive Flyer 
This informational flyer lists the types of foods we are looking for and can be used to promote your food drive.
The Food Drive Suggestions
This sheet contains information on how to run a successful food drive and gives you a little bit of information about why we are looking for the foods we list on the food drive flyer.
The Special Food Drives Ideas
Themed food drives are a great way to connect the food you are collecting to the ways in which the food will be used. Themes can also make shopping for food easier by narrowing the items requested.
Regardless of how you set up your food drive, have fun with it and let people you are working with know how valuable their contribution is to the people we serve.
Together we can help end hunger at home.
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