1 Million Pound Food Drive 2010

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter– when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”

(1) To collect much-needed food items for the local area food banks;

(2) To educate our congregations on hunger issues in our areas

(3) To feed the hungry in our community and transform lives of donors, helpers, and recipients toward a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.

Let’s benefit the community and feed the hungry. Identify 10 churches that will allow for drops offs, so you can pick up and deliver the donations to your local food banks. You can also organize a food drive events, have participants bring canned food to meetings and or workshops.

The food bank will give you a receipt for how much the food weighs and each month we will tally up the pounds collected. This will help us to bridge community alliances & partnerships, while moving towards our goal of 1 million pounds of food.

Marketing “1 million Pound Food Challenge” – Send press releases in the community. Visit www.serve.gov/share for more ideas, etc.