Food-Drive Fun!
Want to take your Canned Food Drive to the next level? Here are some great ways to start:
*Host a “Food of the Day” drive and have employees bring certain foods for each day of the week. For example, days may be named Macaroni Mondays, Tuna Tuesdays, Wheaties Wednesdays, Tomatoe Sauce Thursdays and Fruity Fridays.
*Make various departments or classrooms responsible for different food groups. Have different groups collect canned meat, canned vegetables, kid-friendly food, breakfast food, beverages, etc.
*Fill the bag. Provide employees an empty paper sack and ask that the bags be returned full of non-perishable food items.
*Host a a raffle and allow each item donated to act as an entry. Offer a special prizes. Bonus Tip! For office drives, prizes could include vacation time, free lunch, a coffee gift card or movie passes.
*Hold a competition between departments or classrooms. Give the
group that collects the most a group
prize. Bonus Tip! For school drives,
prizes could include a casual dress
day, extra recess time or a "no-
homework" day.
*Get creative with your
canned food! Split your group into
teams and have each one build a
structure out of the cans they collect.
Recruit a few judges to pick the best
structure and/or the most nutritious
structure.
Cost of the Box
Due to NTFB’s collective purchasing and buying power, we were able to assemble the Food 4 Health boxes at a cost of $9.00/box (based on the following menu).
• 6 (15-ounce) cans of low-sodium or no salt added Vegetables
• 3 (15-ounce) cans of 100% juice (or light syrup) canned Fruit & 1 large bottle of 100% juice (Apple/Cranberry)
• OR alternatively 6 cans of 100% juice (or light syrup) canned Fruit –this will probably reduce the cost per box by about $0.70
• 1 (16-ounce) bag Dried Beans (pinto or black eye peas)
• 1 (16-ounce) bag or (18-ounce) canister of Oatmeal
• 1 (5-ounce) can of Tuna in water
• 1 (5-ounce) can of Chicken in water
• 1 (16-ounce) bag or box of Whole Grain Rice
– Send email reminders to participants the day the food drive begins and send an email progress report halfway through the drive.
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However, the average retail cost of the above menu would be about $16.00-$17.00/box. See some sample retail estimates below.
• Canned Vegetables (about $0.50-$0.60 per can)
• Canned Fruit (about $0.85-$0.98 per can)
• Dried Beans-in the bag (about $0.98-$1.50 per bag)
• Oatmeal (about $1.59-$2.68 per canister)
• Canned Tuna (about $0.68-$0.95)
• Canned Chicken (about $0.98- $1.89)
• Bagged Rice/Boxed Rice (about $0.69-$0.89 per bag)
or (about $1.74-$3.98 per box)