GET THE WHOLE SCHOOL ON BOARD.

A great way to build school spirit is through a food drive. Not only does a food drive help feed the hungry in our community, students get to experience the good feeling that comes from giving.

Please follow these simple steps to help you run a successful food drive at your school:

STEP 1- Register your food drive

• Fill out the registration form at the bottom of the page

STEP 2- Publicize your food drive

• Mention your food drive during the morning announcements
• Post information about the drive on your schools website or event calendar
• Put up posters in highly visible areas. Create your own, or print off some of ours!

STEP 3 – Hold your food drive

The Ottawa Food Bank accepts donations of non-perishable food items; to transport these items we encourage the use of your own boxes (bulk paper boxes work very well!), but the Ottawa Food Bank can also supply you with boxes if need be. For donation ideas, please see our most needed items list.

Your effort and creativity is appreciated by us and we encourage you to send us your poster, other collateral and pictures of your event!  We would love to showcase them on our website, in our warehouse, etc.

STEP 4:  Get donations to the Ottawa Food Bank

Food
Once your drive is over, we encourage you to drop off your donations to our warehouse at 1317B Michael Street, (Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm) or alternatively, your donations can be dropped off to a red collection cage at your local grocery store. This helps us maximize our resources.

If you are unable to drop off your food donation to our warehouse, you may request a pick up date on your online registration form.  We will try our best to accommodate your chosen date.

Funds
If decide to include fundraising with your food drive, financial contributions can be mailed to:

Ottawa Food Bank
Attn: Maggie Rose
1317B Michael Street
Ottawa, ON K1B 3M9

Or you may come in and drop your financial donations off in person (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), we’d love a visit!

Good luck, and have fun!!