Special Events / Food Drives Benefiting
the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia
2008 Student Food Drive - October 8 - November 18
The Student Food Drive is a food drive conducted by the Southeastern Virginia area high school students. The purpose of the drive is multifaceted. In addition to collecting food for those in need, the Drive:
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Gives students a chance to help their school and other groups in need in the community
• Promotes volunteerism and community involvement
• Gives students the opportunity to develop skills - a “real life” example of how to get things done through teamwork
Girl Scout Helping Hands Food Drive: October 18, 9 a.m. - Noon
Please help by placing bagged non-perishable food items in non-glass containers such as canned meats, juice, pasta, canned vegetables, cereal, and peanut butter by 9 a.m. on October 18. Paper-bag inserts will be available for easy collection in the Sunday, October 14 edition of the Daily Press and The Virginia-Pilot. Girls and adults will collect the food to be donated to local kitchens and pantries. Look for the Food Drive public service announcement on Wavy-TV 10 starting October 8. Food donations can also be brought to any Farm Fresh store throughout October and November.
canstruction®: November 14-24, Selden Arcade, Norfolk
A design/build competition to raise food that is then contributed to food banks. The event provides create and artistic visual expression of the human experience in response to the plight of hunger and provides the opportunity to address the social, economic and political issues surrounding hunger.
The 12th Annual Mayflower Marathon will be happening
Friday, November 21 through Sunday, November 23
We are joining forces with our sister station FM99 to make this year's Mayflower Marathon bigger than ever!
Event begins at 5:30 am on Friday and goes until 3 pm on Sunday. Donations will be accepted around the clock at 2 locations. In Virginia Beach, we'll be in the Pembroke Mall parking lot (just outside of Kohl's on the Virginia Beach Blvd. side). All items collected will benefit the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. On the Peninsula, we'll be set up at Jefferson Commons (Denbigh Blvd. at Bland Blvd., in the Kohl's parking lot adjacent to The Original Mattress Factory). The Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula is the recipient of all of the donations collected there.
Last year, 1 out of every 5 people living in Southeastern Virginia looked to the Foodbank for assistance. Please help us make a difference! We will be accepting non-perishable food items, frozen turkeys, and cash.
Thanks to the sponsors of 12th Annual Mayflower Marathon: AAPECS Eye Care, The Original Mattress Factory and Newbell Moving & Storage.
Taste of Hampton Roads '09: March 18, 2009
Taste is the ultimate culinary evening featuring mouthwatering "tastes" from more than 25 of the areas best restaurants. The 2009 theme "Hollywood" will provide a fun and entertaining backdrop.This event isn't just great food and live entertainment. There's also an enticing Silent and Live Auction.
The 2008 event hosted more than 900 guests, 25 restaurants, a great live band, The Janitors. Most importantly, the event raised enough money to allow the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia to distribute more than 500,000 complete and nutritious meals for needy children, the working poor and the elderly throughout Southeastern Virginia.
Foodbank can purchase
foods needed to provide balanced meals and support the operation of all our programs.
Thousands like you give their time and talent, helping in the office, warehouse and
distribution sites.
Food drives are
wonderful opportunities
to contribute directly
to those in need.
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia is a nonprofit corporation governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A copy of our financial statements is available upon request from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Virginia State Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, Virginia 23218. FEIN #52-1219783. The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and its branch, the Foodbank on the Eastern Shore, do not sell or share our list of donors to any third party entity.
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia is a member of Feeding America and the Federation of Virginia Food Banks.
