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Food Drives for 2007

S.T.U.F.H. (Students Team Up to Fight Hunger)

The Greater Boston Food Bank greatly appreciates all of the hard work and dedication of college students who participated in the STUFH canned food drive to help alleviate hunger! The awareness of hunger in eastern Massachusetts has spread on the campuses of Bay State College, Massachusetts College of Art, Lasell College, Tufts University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Curry College. Students at these schools collected a total of 3,773 pounds of food. Thanks to STUFH for partnering with The Greater Boston Food Bank to help educate college students about the issue of hunger in our country and for the opportunity given to students to support our hungry neighbors.

Boston-area Temples

September is the month for Yom Kippur. Many Boston-area temples, including: Temple Beth Avodah, Temple Beth El, Temple Isiah Lexington and Temple Israel, participated in alleviating hunger by conducting a huge canned food drive where 16,949 lbs. of food were collected. The temples are very organized in distributing bags to congregants to take home and fill with canned food. They even take it a step further by checking the cans for expiration dates. The Greater Boston Food Bank and member agencies appreciate their thoughtfulness.

N.A.L.C. (National Association of Letter Carriers)

For two years in a row the NALC has held a one day food drive across the nation. The word gets out about the one day canned food drive when Letter Carriers will collect canned food from the door step of people's homes. Canned food is stored at post offices around the country and distributed to local food banks and pantries. This is the largest one day canned food drive event. The total amount of food collected on May 12th this year was 7,266 lbs.

Spirit of Giving

November through December are the months for giving. These are the months when we have our largest canned food drive, called Spirit of Giving. Shaw's supermarkets put together bags with a variety of canned food, such as tuna, green beans, peanut butter, soup, etc. that are worth $5, $10, and $15 dollars. Supermarket patrons can purchase these bags to be donated to The Greater Boston Food Bank where the canned food is sorted and distributed to our member agencies. Last year, Spirit of Giving collected 72,516 lbs. of food. What a wonderful way to support the community!