Campaigns, Events, & Drives for Nutrition Security

Explore exciting opportunities to support Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, including how to host your own fund or food drive!

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Stamp Out Hunger®

Second Saturday in May

Be a Fundraiser

Fund drives allow us the flexibility to meet the needs of our partners and neighbors. Every $10 donated to Second Harvest provides up to $24 in groceries! Through a combination of donated food, volunteer support, and purchasing food at wholesale prices, we’re able to make dollars go farther. Host a fund drive to honor a loved one, celebrate a milestone in your life, or bring a group together to support our shared community. The funds you raise help provide fresh, nutritious foods like produce, dairy, and protein that cannot be collected during a traditional food drive.

  1. Set up your fund drive page and challenge your family, friends, and colleagues to donate!
  2. Track your progress, set goals, and manage your virtual giving page.
  3. Share your progress to encourage ongoing engagement and meet your goal!

Our Fund Drive Coordinator Instructions will help you build your online fund drive page and give you creative ideas to inspire your community to give.

Use our Fund Drive Marketing Toolkit to promote your drive! We’ve compiled posters, social media graphics, a list of most needed items, and helpful talking points to assist you in telling the story of the work Second Harvest does, and your connection to our mission of ending hunger in southwestern Wisconsin.

 
Set Up Your Fund Drive

Host a Food Drive

Want to collect non-perishable food donations? You can do that too! Hosting a food drive is a tangible way to give back to the community. Register your drive using the link below!

Additional Resources

  • Use our Food Drive Marketing Toolkit to promote your drive! We’ve compiled posters, social media graphics, a list of most needed items, and helpful talking points to assist you in telling the story of the work Second Harvest does, and your connection to our mission of ending hunger in southwestern Wisconsin.
  • Learn how food donors receive protection from liability
Register Your Food Drive

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Elissa Pollack
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Director of Development

 608-333-0095 elissa.pollack@secondharvestsw.org

Host a Drive Registration Form

Use this form to connect with us on your drive! Whether you are collecting food, funds, or both – we are here to help and will contact you within 2 business days of your submission!

I am interested in hosting a(Required)
Is this drive part of our Share Your Holidays campaign (November 3 – December 8)?(Required)
Note: Anyone registering for Share Your Holidays after October 20 will need to pick up their barrels directly from our Distribution Center. For questions, please contact our Community Giving Coordinator, David Heinrich, at david.heinrich@secondharvestsw.org.
Primary Contact(Required)
Organization Address(Required)
Mailing Address (if different than physical address)
Drive Start Date(Required)
Drive End Date(Required)

Food Drive: Collection Barrel Request

If you are hosting a food drive for Second Harvest and would like a barrel to collect food; please, fill out this section. Barrels are not required to host a food drive. Use your own boxes, bins, and bags as a great substitute!
Please enter a number from 0 to 10.
You may pick up and drop off barrels at 2802 Dairy Dr., Madison WI 53718, Monday through Friday 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Barrels are 55-gallon drums, which are 35 in. tall and 22 in. in diameter. Each barrel weighs 12 lbs. when empty.
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I would like to participate in the Share Your Holidays barrel drop-off on November 3 and pick-up on December 8.

Are you hosting a public event to benefit Second Harvest and our network?
Let us know!