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How to Host a Drive
1. Let us know what you are doing
We ask that you contact us when planning for your food drive so that we can help to make it as easy and convenient as possible.
2. Arrange transportation
When your boxes are full or your food drive has ended, please feel free to drop the boxes off at Ruth Meiers Hospitality House between 8 AM and 9 PM on Monday through Sunday at the North Entrance of the shelter. If you find you will need us to pick up your food, please call or email us at least a week in advance so that we may schedule your pick up. When you submit your request please tell us the following information:
• Contact name
• Contact phone number
• Address of pick up site
• Any special directions to help the driver locate the food
• How much food is there to be picked up? It must be boxed for us to pick it up, so please tell us how many boxes are ready.
• Hours of business during which we can pick up the food.
3. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
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Drive Ideas
Creative Ideas to Make Your Food, Paper, or Money Drive a Hit
Visible Goals
Create a "thermometer" or chart to track the progress of your event's fund raising and food donation goals.
Competitions
Create competitions between classrooms, departments, groups or floors to see who will collect the most donations. Make sure the winners get a special prize for their winning donation!
Company Matches
Encourage your company to match your cash donation. Speak to your company management or Human Resource Department about a financial match program.
House Party
Does someone at your business, school or church have a spectacular home on the lake or great view of the city skyline? Consider hosting a party with admission donations benefiting Ruth Meiers Hospitality House.
Donation Envelopes
Distribute envelopes to employees, students or congregation members with instructions on making a cash donation to benefit Ruth Meiers Hospitality House.
Fundraisers
Ideas include bake sales, car washes, breakfasts, lunches or concerts. Host coffee houses or give reduced prices for those who donate food at your event.
Church Collection
Encourage your congregation to request an offering with donations to benefit Ruth Meiers Hospitality house.
Raffles or Auctions
Solicit local businesses, your company or staff for prizes to raffle or auction. Examples of prizes might include movie tickets, hotel packages, plane tickets, or donated artwork. One interesting prize for a raffle might be a lawn mowing by a departmental manager!
Loose Change
Have a "loose change" bin sitting at your company's break room. As employees eat lunch they can put their loose change in the collection bin to be donated to Ruth Meiers Hospitality House.
Penny Wars
Find large glass jars, place in rooms and have a race to see who can fill up their jars with pennies. Adding bills to an opposing team's jar requires them to subtract money from their total amount (if you put in a $5 bill, the other team takes $5 off their total).
Hunger Fast
Encourage your group to skip one meal, giving what money they would have spent on the skipped meal to Ruth Meiers Hospitality House.
Incentive Programs
Work with organizations in your community to establish food drive incentive programs. For example, if a person donates $25 to your event then they receive a "buy one, get one free" movie coupon or a discounted purchase at a local business.
Special Events
You can partner your food drive with a special event, using four or more cans of food as a full or reduced admission.
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