Food and personal care drives are amazing ways help Arm In Arm serve more people while adding variety to our food pantry and Mobile Pantry offerings. Start or join a food or personal care drive today!
Organize a Food Drive
To organize a food, personal care, or household products drive, download one of our sample flyers and you’ll be ready to get started!
Please remember to check the expiration dates before donating your items, and contact Shariq Marshall with any questions.
Adopt a Bin
Perhaps you’re interested in having a permanent donation bin in your workplace, residence or congregation as a way to support and promote to your community our food needs throughout the year. You can choose your own bin – we will provide the marketing materials to dress up your donation bin/ area. Please contact Shariq Marshall for more information.
Donate Local, Fresh Produce
Here are three easy ways you can partner with Arm In Arm:
- Give a portion of your CSA farm share to our pantry, or consider purchasing a share exclusively to donate.
- Set aside a portion from your own vegetable garden for Arm In Arm.
- Talk to your school or congregation about sharing a portion of their community garden harvest with us.
To donate from your garden, farm share or to learn about activities in Arm In Arm’s vegetable garden, email us.
Join a Community Food Drive
Organized by our partner, Yes We CAN! Food Drives, take place throughout the year at local grocery stores and farmers markets.
Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Whether you volunteer once, or every month, your time is appreciated!
To learn more about these opportunities and view upcoming Yes We CAN! Food Drives in our area, please click the link above, or contact Shariq Marshall or Alison Politziner directly.
Breakfast Kit Assembly Event
Gather your workplace, congregation, or friends together to assemble breakfast kit bags!
Fill medium or large size zip-loc bags with individual, non-perishable items including:
- crackers
- granola bars
- small cereal boxes
- small milk, etc
Make a Gift
A financial donation will help us to supplement in-kind donations from food drives, and allows us to bulk purchase exactly what’s needed most on our pantry shelves.
Please click here to learn more and to donate.
Give Healthy Online Food Drive
Your organization can sponsor their own #GiveHealthy online food drive to help support Arm in Arm and provide people in our communities with fresh, healthy foods. A Give Healthy drive reduces food insecurity while providing people access to healthier foods and leading to healthier people. The #GiveHeathy Digital Food Drive works by allowing people to select fresh food items, such as fruits and vegetables, via a standard e-commerce transaction for donation. Once a drive is over those foods selected will get delivered to Arm in Arm and will be distributed among the community to allow people to have access to fresh, healthy foods!
- Step 1: If you would like to organize your very own Give Healthy drive go to their website and fill out the form as a “Drive Organizer”
- Step 2: A member of the Give Healthy team will reach out to the organization of your choice to determine the best healthy items to best serve their clients.
- Step 3: A member of the Give Healthy team will create a webpage with a shareable link where people can purchase fresh, healthy items through a standard e-commerce transaction.
- Step 4: Once the drive is over, Give Healthy will deliver all purchased items to the organization.
To learn more or to set up your own Give Healthy drive please click here.