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Your Food Donations are essential!  Every Yellow Food Bin filled with food contributes to the variety and quantity of food we can distribute weekly through our Mobile Food Bank Program.

Our Yellow Food Collection Bins are waiting for your donations!  Look for our special collection barrels at stores, businesses, churches and schools across the Wood River Valley. You can ALWAYS find a Yellow Collection Bin at Atkinsons Markets in Ketchum, Hailey and Bellevue and Albertsons in Hailey.

Review what Foods are Most Needed so your gift makes a real difference in the lives of local families and individuals facing hunger.

 

 

Food Drive Facts:

  • It is REALLY EASY to Host A Food Drive!  Just call us at 788-0121 or email Naomi (nspence@thehungercoalition.or) and tell us when and where. 
  • A Yellow Bin filled with food holds enough non-perishable foods to feed a family of four, 3 meals a day for two weeks.
  • In 2010, we received 83,000 pounds in non-perishable food donations.
  • We rely on your non-perishable food donations to keep the Food Bank Warehouse shelves stocked

PLEASE NOTE:  Perishable and fresh foods are important to the variety and nutritional value of the foods we distribute and are welcome, but cannot be placed in Yellow Collection bins.  Please call our offices to arrange delivery of the valuable, perishable goods!


FOODS WE LIKE TO SEE IN THE YELLOW FOOD BINS:yellow_food_bin
  • Cereal, Oatmeal
  • Tuna and other Canned Meats
  • Canned Fruit
  • Rice
  • Flour
  • Cooking Oil
  • Peanut Butter
  • Pancake Mix
  • Sugar
  • Soy or Powdered Milk
  • Canned Tomatoes, Tomato/Pasta Sauce
  • Pasta
  • Healthy Snacks
  • Masa (Mexican corn flour)
  • Nuts, other protein
  • Juice
  • Canned Soup
  • Canned Vegetables

 

Foods We Do Not LiKE to see in our Yellow Bins Include:  Garbage, Fresh foods and things that spoil, Candy and sweets, Soda Pop, Alcohol, and Foods that have past their expired date by more than 2 year.  We are committed to providing our community's hungry with wholesome and nutritious foods.  Thank You for helping to ensure we have a whole and healthhy community for all!

 

A Successful Spring Corporate Food Drive 2011!

Congratulations to all 26 participating local businesses and organizations for encouraging non-perishable food donations and charitable gifts from our community to benefit local families facing hunger.

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Representatives from St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center with the 2011 Golden Can Award


 


 

2011 Participants Included: 

For more information about this annual community event, please visit our Corporate Food Drive Page