Nearly 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. Host a project to fight hunger in your community.
- Sponsor a community food drive to replenish a local food pantry.
- Volunteer to deliver prepared meals to elderly citizens.
- Organize a feeding program at a local school to provide healthy, nutritious meals.
- Prepare and deliver food baskets to families in need.
- Serve meals at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter.
- "Adopt" a family that is struggling to put food on their table. Take them shopping for fruits and vegetables.
- Organize an event to benefit the food bank in your community; use cans of food as admission.
- Hold a hunger walk and use proceeds to buy food for a children's orphanage or shelter.
- Create snack packages to be distributed to children in need.
- Collaborate with other service organizations in the community to take turns hosting a meal for needy people.
- Partner with local restaurants or food markets. Pick up donations or fresh food items for a women's or children's shelter.
- Create a cookbook of inexpensive, easy-to-make recipes.
- Start a food co-operative to serve as a resource for healthy food at a more affordable price.
- Accompany and assist a person who is blind with food shopping.
- Collect infant formula and baby food for an organization serving young mothers at risk.
- Provide a healthy snack or meal for a group of needy children who are in an after-school program.
- Work with healthcare professionals to provide free classes on nutrition and food preparation.
- Provide apples or another type of fruit as a healthy snack for children in childcare facilities.
- Provide transportation for elderly residents so they can shop for food.
- Teach children to bake a loaf of bread that they can take home to their family.
- Invite a local food bank representative to speak at a club or district meeting.
- Work with schools to provide needy children with backpacks supplied with food for periods when school is not in session.
- Host a picnic or BBQ at a park for the local community.
- Help local residents establish a community vegetable garden where they can grow their own food.
- Arrange a demonstration of proper hand washing for local school children.
