2 Ways to Host a Food & Fund Drive

1. Virtual Food Drive

Forget the hassle of a trip to the grocery store for your next food drive… create a food drive without the heavy lifting using our Virtual Food Drive, and maximize your donation times five! For every $1 donated, the Food Bank can provide FIVE meals! 

You can make a difference in your community by hosting a Virtual Food Drive for your friends, family members, or coworkers. 

Starting a Virtual Food Drive is easy! 

  1. Register to create a Virtual Food Drive page.
  2. Personalize your page. 
  3. Invite friends, family or coworkers to join! 

If you have any questions, email us at fooddrive@foodbankcenc.org.  

Green reusable grocery bag overflowing with fresh produce
 
 

2. Traditional Food & Fund Drive

Plan Your Food Drive:

What supplies will you need?

Utilize these helpful materials: Most Needed Items flyer and a Donate Here sign!

You are welcome to collect your donations in any type of box or container. The Food Bank can provide up to 6 donation boxes per food drive. Supplies can be picked up at any of our 6 branches during normal business hours. Each donation box holds approximately 100 items.

How will you transport your donations to the Food Bank?

Because of our limited resources and tight trucking schedule, we ask that you make every effort to drop off your donations. We are only able to pick up donations of 1,000 pounds or more. For reference, that’s about 1,000 cans! Pickup requests, while not guaranteed, must be made at least one week prior to the desired pickup date by contacting fooddrive@foodbankcenc.org.

Talk to friends and coworkers who have large vehicles, or consider making multiple drop-offs throughout your food drive. (Our planned closings and holidays are at the bottom of this page.) If you have more than one car load, please let us know you’re coming by emailing fooddrive@foodbankcenc.org. During our busiest time of year, we are thankful for all you can do to help us keep our trucks on their regular schedules.

Green reusable grocery bag overflowing with fresh produce

After Your Food Drive:

Where will you bring your donations?

Each of the 6 branches of the Food Bank are open Monday-Friday to receive food and fund donations. Each Branch’s hours and address can be found here.

How will you know how many meals you were able to provide?

When you drop off your food and fund donations, we will have staff and volunteers on hand to help you unload, weigh the food, calculate any funds donated, and provide you with a total meal count and a receipt. We’re happy to take photos too! 

Lastly, before, during and after your drive, tag us in your social media posts! You can find us at @FoodBankCENC and use the hashtag #NoOneGoesHungry – we want to see your amazing efforts and celebrate with you! 

Contact Info

For any questions about Virtual Food Drives, Fund Drives, or Traditional Food Drives, feel free to contact us at fooddrive@foodbankcenc.org. 

Scheduled Closings

  • July 2-5, 2021  4th of July Weekend
  • July 26-August 6  New Bern Branch closed
  • July 30, 2021  5th Friday - All Branches close at noon
  • September 6, 2021  Labor Day
  • October 29, 2021   5th Friday - All Branches close at noon
  • November 25-28, 2021  Thanksgiving Weekend
  • December 24-27, 2021  Christmas Weekend
  • December 31, 2021-January 3, 2022  New Year's Weekend
  • January 17, 2022  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • April 15, 2022  Good Friday
  • April 29, 2022  5th Friday - All Branches close at noon
  • May 30, 2022  Memorial Day
  • June 17, 2022  Juneteenth (observed)