Tarrant Area Food Bank The Second Harvest Food Bank serving Fort Worth and 13 Texas counties.
Food Drive Tips

 

FUN WAYS TO RAISE MONEY

  • Hold drawings for a day off with pay, romantic weekend getaways, golf foursomes, restaurant gift certificates, etc.
  • Have a "jeans day" and pitch in $5 for the privilege.
  • Have an "empty your pockets" day (or week) and collect all the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters from everyone in the office (or school).
  • Encourage competition between floors, departments or organizations.
  • Have a talent show that people pay to enter and to attend.
  • Host a "Rice and Beans" Lunch.
  • Encourage employees to write a check in memory or honor of a special person.
  • Host a golf tournament.
  • Host a "building competition." Limit construction material to cans or nonperishable food only. Departments or floors must pay to enter.
Fun Ways To Raise Money

     

   Host a

  • Silent Auction
  • Bowling Tournament
  • Casino Night
  • Tennis Classic
  • Used Book Sale
  • Poinsettias sale
  • Bake Sale and Cake Walk
  • Sell Cookbooks of recipes from employees/members of your organization.
  • Have a Potluck Lunch and charge $3 (or $5) per person.
  • Host a "carnival" complete with dunking booths, caramel apples, penny throwing, pie throwing and hot dogs.
  • Have an art/craft/hobby show featuring individual "works of art."
  • Sell t-shirts (or sweatshirts) for employees to wear during the week of the drive.

Most of all, have fun!!!

Tarrant Area Food Bank   2600 Cullen St., Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-332-9177     FAX 817-877-5148     email: tafb@tafb.org


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