Annual Food Drives

Eastern Illinois Foodbank participates in two major food drives conducted through or on behalf of the Foodbank:

Annual Letter Carriers National "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive (Spring)

The Food Drive is conducted through the leadership and participation of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service, as well as America's Second Harvest. Known as the largest one-day food drive in the nation, postal residents are asked through mailed postcards to leave bags of nonperishable groceries for the mail carriers to pick up. The drive contents are then transported to the Foodbank for sorting and distribution.

 

Food For Families Annual Drive (Fall)

The Food For Families Annual Drive is conducted through the generosity and participation of numerous companies and organizations. The Annual Drive generates gifts of food and donations of monies to purchase food for hunger relief in eastern Illinois. A volunteer committee of local citizens organizes the drive along with the Foodbank, and it is held over a two-week period the end of October and early November. Supermarkets and schools collect food and monetary donations, and numerous companies collect groceries as well. Local media promote the drive. The drive has a dual purpose - collection of groceries and receipt of financial gifts.

Check out more information about our 21st Food For Families Annual Drive, which ran October 13 - October 27, 2007!