Food Donations

Food donations from individuals, groups and commercial food companies are welcome any time. If you are with a food company, please see our page on Food Company Donations. 

Food donations may be dropped off at Tarrant Area Food Bank's warehouse, 2600 Cullen Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107 between 8:30 and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and between 8:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Sometimes, especially during the fall, businesses and other organizations volunteer as drop-off sites for donations. For information about other donation sites, please call Tarrant Area Food Bank at 817-332-9177.

Community Food & Fund Drives

Workplaces, churches, schools, youth groups, civic organizations, apartment complexes and others are encouraged to sponsor Food & Fund Drives any time of the year.  Tarrant Area Food Bank sponsors two major Food & Fund Drive programs:

1. Summer Hunger Buster Drives in the spring and summer to stock shelves when children are out of school and unable to access the national free and reduced-cost school lunch program.  In addition, food contributed in the Fort Worth area to the National Association of Letter Carriers' Food Drive each May is donated to Tarrant Area Food Bank.
2. Fall/Winter Food & Fund Drives to feed families from September through February. The Food Bank supplies organizations holding Food & Fund Drives with suggestions for successful drives and collateral printed materials. Special activities sponsored by the Food Bank include the TURKEY TRUCK DRIVE whereby we park our refrigerated truck at your building for employees and customers to drop off frozen turkeys.

You can register your Food & Fund Drive with us and request collateral materials by completing the FOOD & FUND DRIVE ACTION form. 

Large food collection boxes (3' x 2' x 2' when assembled) can be picked up from the food bank.  To arrange for a pick-up time, please contact Susan Frye, Community Events Director, at 817-332-9177 ext. 110 or send an email.  Sorry, the food bank doesn't have the resources to deliver boxes.

Most Needed Items from Food Drives & Individual Donors

To sponsor a Food & Fund Drive, contact:
     Susan Frye, Community Events Director

     Tarrant Area Food Bank
     Phone: (817) 332-9177 Fax: (817) 877-5148
     E-mail: susan.frye@tafb.org

Tips & Forms for Food & Fund Drives include, among other things, a list of ideas for events to help raise food and money during drives, the Food Bank Fast Facts flier, and forms for ordering food drive materials, the Food Bank Turkey Truck and transportation for large food collections (750 pounds or more) and for registering teams for Kick the Can.

Order Up! (virtual food drive) is popular in workplaces. Through Order Up!, employees donate cash for meals and thus don't have to deal with the logistics of storing and transporting food. Click here for the Order Up! Form.

Food donations are accepted Monday through Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Tarrant Area Food Bank's office and warehouse at 2600 Cullen Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107.

Protections for Food Donors

The law protects food donors. The federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 protects businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals who donate food in good faith from civil or criminal liability should such donated food later cause harm to a recipient.

Tax benefits are also available to businesses that donate food. Current tax laws allow generous deductions for contributions of ordinary income property to charitable organizations.

Back to Top

HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Food Company Donations | Food Drives | Protections for Food Donors
Recycling Fund-raiser | Monetary Donations | Direct Feed (Monthly Donations)
Matching Gifts | Charitable Gift Campaigns | Grocery Shopping Donation Programs
Volunteering | Spread the Word