Ways to Donate Food
There are many ways to help us fill the shelves
Organizing a Food Drive
To organize a food drive, chose a time period and a collection location. The most important part is advertising your food drive to the group of people you are hoping will participate. The more creative the better! This could be a school, church, club, business or other organization.
Some ideas for advertising are:
- Posters
- Website of your organization (we would be glad to post it on ours too!)
- Decorate paper shopping bags or attach our Pantry Needs List ( at right) and distribute before collection time, and ask participants to bring them back with food donations.
- Ask for a food donation as entry fee to an event (dance, party, picnic, etc.)
- Offer tickets to a raffle for donations.
Ongoing collections could be as simple as having a basket labeled as “Donations for Glen Ellyn Food Pantry” in a convenient location in your church or business where member or customers could leave donations.
Church Food Drive Schedules
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You can drop off food anytime....
- January - St. Luke Lutheran & St. Barnabas Episcopal
- February - St. Mark's Episcopal & St. James Catholic
- March - St. Petronille Roman Catholic
- April - Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant & First United Methodist
- May - Glen Ellyn Bible
- June - St. Petronille Roman Catholic
- July - Faith Lutheran & Grace Lutheran
- August - St. Thomas Methodist & Village Green Baptist
- September - First Congregational & St. Petronille Catholic
- October - First Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist & St. Petronille
- November - No Designated Church
- December - No Designated Church
School Food Drive Schedules
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You can drop off food anytime....
- January - Briar Glen Elementary
- February - Glenbard West, Arbor View Elementary, Glenbard South
- March - Forest Glen Elementary & Park View Elementary
- April - Churchill Elementary
- May - Westfield Elementary & Ben Franklin Elementary
- September - Hadley Junior
- October - Lincoln Elementary
- November - Glen Crest Junior
- December - No Designated School