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Collection Drives

Collecting Items

Collecting Monetary Donations

Collection Drives are the umbrella for food, dignity, and fund drives. Items donated truly drive the importance of partnership and donation-centered giving for all those involved. Through collaboration with strategic partners like you we are able to collect more than food! In 2024 we launched our Dignity Drives which include donations of period supplies and more which are essential items in daily living.

Collection drives can be creative! We have partnered with schools who host a pajama day to draw attention for their students to see the impact their food donation from home has on their community.

Large corporations have hosted a combination of a food and fund drive during their annual cornhole tournament. Engaging their employees in a fun way while giving back!

Hosting collection drives, especially with children ages 4 and up, provide concept of supporting a cause larger than their own lives.

Schools, houses of worship, corporations, small businesses, all joining together for the same cause.

Collecting items is a worthy cause, however monetary donations makes far more of an impact! According to Feeding America, donations can be turned into MORE meals than food, leading to building healthier communities.*

One way we see this on the frontlines: When food drives donate to us, it is shelf-stable items. We could instead use funding with our purchase-power to buy fresh healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and dairy products! For every $1 donated, we're able to purchase $3-$4 of food.

Additionally, funds can be used to combat food waste – we recover food from over 20 retailers, performing over 40 pickups 5 days a week!

Not all food banks have the capacity for receiving collection drives – the items need to be sorted, checked for expiration dates, and ultimately organized onto our shelves with our small but mighty team of staff and volunteers

*Source: Feeding America, Olivia Thoelke

50,000+

lbs of items donated in 2024

$18,001

fund drive donations in 2024

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How do I host a Collection Drive?

We request you fill out this interest form so that we can get to know you! We'd love to thank you and schedule a time and day for you to drop the items or monetary donations to our facility.

We welcome you to get to know us and the programs you are collecting for :)

Interest Form

What is a Fund Drive?

This is our greatest need! Monetary donations are key for everything we purchase. Because of our purchasing power, your dollar is quadrupled! Yup, that means that every $1 you fundraise with an online Fund Drive becomes $4!

The best part is - you don't need to let us know (but you can and you're welcomed for a scheduled tour!) - just click here to start your Fund Drive on our giving platform. You can customize, and then send it to your friends, and family! Many hands make light work!

What should I collect for a Food Drive?

Here is a list we ask you to use while collecting for your food drive!

Food Drive most desired items:

Cereal - Any Kind
Rice - 2 lb bag or smaller
Pasta - 1 lb box
Canned Tuna
Canned Chicken

What is a
Dignity Drive?

Dignity Drives are our collections for needed items that are not food related but provide dignity to all our clients.

The list includes:

Diapers of all sizes
Baby Wipes
Tampons all sizes
Pads all sizes
Pantyliners all sizes
Adult diapers all sizes

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Does this collection help?

Approximately 3% of our food is collected from community drives. Over 50% of the food gathered by the Franklin Food Bank is recovered from retailers or purchased. 45% of our food comes from government programming.