Cooking or serving food at a soup kitchen is probably a more personal expression of charity and love for my fellow human being; however, I think I can do more than just that. It may not be as personal, but I would wager it is at least as impactful.... I am going to go on a one woman food drive to see if I can fill my pickup truck bed full of non-perishable foods for our
Food Bank. People give food to the Food Banks during the holidays, but the need is there all year round. Also, I am lame with social media, and my
Crowd Funding is going nowhere...
So here is the high level plan
I will stay at the store on Saturday from 6 am to 6 pm and fill up my truck as many times as I can in that time period.
- Contact the Food Bank and get their buy-in to the idea
- Contact local Super Walmarts and grocery stores until I find one that will agree to my food raiser
- Set a date
- Make a sign
- Write a press release and send to local newspapers
- Write a letter and send to all the local churches
- Letter to the local colleges
- On day of, get boxes from the store to put the food in
- Afterwards, write a letter to the Editor and send to all the local newspapers thanking my neighbors and fellow citizens
The holiday food drives have hopefully filled our Food Bank's larders, so I will make sure that the time period for this food raiser works for them. I am thinking of Mid-February.
