Food Drive and Event Calendar
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Below you'll find a list of special events benefitting the Foodbank.
We've also included a list of programs from corporate partners of Feeding America.
For a complete calendar of local food and fund drives as well as a place to add your event, visit the new Calendar.
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia Is Taking Action!
September is Hunger Action Month. The Foodbank is joining with Feeding America™ and our partner hunger relief agencies to ask individuals and families across the country to pledge to fight domestic hunger. We’re excited to announce this year’s theme for Hunger Action Month: 30 Ways in 30 Days.
There are several approaches on how to participate:• Take a My Way Pledge by filling out the form below, choosing “your way” to continue the fight against hunger all month long. Everyone has their own strengths; take stock of yours, take the pledge. You can help the Foodbank win a truckload of food!
• Enact your pledge on the 30 Ways in 30 Days calendar, available by clicking here. Each daily ‘way’ is easy, doable, and impactful, and includes thirty activities for Hunger Action Month, ranging from changing your Facebook status to finding out how to support the Foodbank and Feeding America through our corporate partners.
Our nation is in recovery from a massive recession, hundreds of thousands in Southeastern Virginia are faced with food insecurity – and we’re working harder every day to assist individuals and their families in these tough economic times. It’s a daily challenge, and we are always looking for new ways to meet it head on. Hunger Action Month is a crucial time to raise awareness, and get people involved in fighting hunger, throughout September and beyond.
Find more information about Hunger Action Month at www.HungerActionMonth.org, including events and calendars from food banks nationwide.
Student Food Drive: 10/4/10 – 11/8/10
Locations: Participating local public high schools and private high schools Description: A nationwide campaign as part of Feeding America™, which is a competition between participating local high schools that gives them the opportunity to raise food to support the Foodbank.
Canstruction® Hampton Roads: 11/10 – 11/11/10
Locations: Seldon & Monticello Arcade, Norfolk
Description: A design/build competition showcasing the talents of design and construction industry professionals and students they mentor.
Website: Canstruction® Hampton Roads
Feeding America™ Cause Marketing/Corporate Promotions
One important way that partners support Feeding America is through promotions at the point of sale. Whether it's an offer to make a donation with specific product purchases or the opportunity for consumers to donate when they're at the register.
Kraft Cheese "Buy 5, Get 5, Give 5"
Look for program on packages of Kraft Cheese brands, and on dairy case 'Shelf-Talkers'. "Say cheese!" Between July 19th and August 15th, 2010, consumers who purchase five Kraft cheese products will receive a coupon at check-out for $5 off their next shopping trip, and will trigger a monetary donation equivalent of five meals to Feeding America, up to $300,000.
Target "Meals for Minds"
75% of the funding will be used to fund local school pantry locations. 25% of the funding will be used to reinforce the national programs of Feeding America.
As part of Target's commitment to education, Target is partnering with Feeding America to bring food pantries to K-12 schools through the Meals for Minds program. When consumers purchase designated Kraft and P&G products at Target July 11 - August 14, 2010, Target will donate 5% of sales towards Meals for Minds, up to $800,000.
Oreo To Launch Back to School Program
Program runs from August 1st until September 5th, 2010.
This fall, OREO will be asking their 5 million Facebook Fans to upload a Back to School photo and/or a written Back to School memory on the OREO Facebook page (Facebook.com/oreo). For each submission, OREO will donate $1 to the Feeding America BackPack Program, up to $25,000. Oreo is a Kraft/Nabisco brand.
Lean Cuisine Café
Product sampling tour will highlight Lean Cuisine's commitment to fight hunger. On June 15th, Lean Cuisine, a Nestle USA brand, launched a road show named Lean Cuisine Café which will visit approximately fifteen towns across America. Lean Cuisine will be donating $150,000 to Feeding America. 50% of those funds will be directed back to the local food banks in the tour areas. Although the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia is not one of their tour areas, we felt it important to highlight this effort.
Pampered Chef "Cookbook for a Cause"
The Pampered Chef "Round-Up from the Heart®"
A year-long campaign that benefits Feeding America. The premier direct seller of high-quality kitchen tools, along with its nationwide sales field of 60,000 independent Consultants and guests, The Pampered Chef has donated more than $13 million to Feeding America to date. The company's Consultants will promote the campaign at Cooking Shows, or in-home cooking demonstrations, across the country. Customers can contribute to the program in two ways:
1. Rounding up Cooking Show purchase totals to the nearest dollar or more, with funds benefiting local food banks in the region where the donations originated.
2. Purchasing a limited edition Round-Up from the Heart® Trivet — a decorative, brushed copper trivet that can protect counters and tabletops from hot food, be used as a decorative wall accent, or given as a thoughtful gift. For every trivet sold, The Pampered Chef® will contribute $2 to Feeding America.Pampered Chef "Cookbook for a Cause"
Includes recipes from members of the Feeding America celebrity council including David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Samantha Harris, Scott Wolf and Alison Sweeney.
A new and exciting addition to our Pampered Chef partnership will be the availability of a free celebrity cookbook for visitors to download at www.pamperedchef.com from August 1st to September 30th, 2010. The Pampered Chef will donate one meal to Feeding America for every cookbook downloaded during the promotion, up to 140,000 meals.
Walmart "Fighting Hunger Together"
Share a plate on Facebook today to help fight hunger.
As part of Walmart's 5-year "Fighting Hunger Together" initiative, now through August 15, 2010, for every plate "shared" on Facebook through www.walmart.com/fightinghunger, Walmart will donate the value of one nutritious meal to Feeding America, up to 1 million meals. Funds will support Feeding America national programs.
Click here to learn about companies' promotions to raise needed funds to help support our mission. Learn more about cause marketing.
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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.
