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Traditional Food Drive

Food Drive Kit

For everything you need to know to host a food drive, read the Food Bank's Food Drive Kit (PDF:42K).

Ways to donate food:

  1. Year round community food drives. Click here for locations (PDF:10K).
  2. Donate using our Virtual Food Drive!
  3. The Food Bank's Concord warehouse accepts nonperishable food and fresh produce donations as follows:
    • Monday, Friday, Saturday – 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
    • Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
  4. The Food Bank's Fairfield warehouse accepts nonperishable food and fresh produce donations as follows:
    • Monday through Friday – 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
    • Saturdays by appointment, (707) 421-9777

Food Drives:

Click the links below to learn more about collecting food:

Food Drive Kit (PDF:42K)
Food Drive Newsletter (PDF:244K)
Food Drive Poster (PDF:748K) 11 x 17" color poster
Food Drive Flyer (PDF :457K) 8 1/2 x 11"
Most Wanted Food Items color flyer (PDF:758K)
Most Wanted Food Items simple flyer (PDF:130K)
Most Wanted Food Items two flyers to one page (PDF:118K)

What Kind of Food Should You Collect?

  • Canned Meat, Fish & Soups
  • Canned Ready to Eat Meals
  • Canned Vegetables & Tomato Products
  • Peanut Butter (plastic container)
  • Iron Rich Cereal (45% or more of daily value)
  • 100% Fruit Juice (48 oz. or less plastic bottles)
  • Canned Fruit (in juice)
  • Dry Beans (any type)
  • Enriched Rice or Pasta
  • Powdered Milk

What can you do if...

You don't have space for a Food Drive Barrel or You don't get much foot traffic?

Check out the Food Drive Kit (PDF:42K) for ideas and solutions to these challenges.

You don't have time right now?

We need help year round. Give us a call anytime—we fight hunger all year.

QUESTIONS?

For more information on Food Drives, please call Joan Tomasini at (925) 676-7543 extension 208 or email at jtomasini@foodbankccs.org.