Why Run A Food Drive?
• Last year, food drives provided one-third of all the food distributed by The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc. The efforts of our local businesses, schools, churches and clubs helped feed 107,000 individuals (unduplicated within each agency) in the community. • Participating in a food drive is one way that people can join together in small groups to have a large impact on hunger, a devastating problem for thousands of people in our community. • The Food Bank provides food to about 100 agencies and programs serving people in need. When your food donations arrive at our warehouse, they are inspected and sorted by our staff and volunteers. Next, our member agencies come to the warehouse and “shop” for the items that they need. Finally, they take the food back to the populations they serve and provide them with prepared meals, groceries, or both, depending on the type of program they run. Some of our agencies include: Neighbor to Neighbor, Person to Person, The Salvation Army, Ma
