Host Your Own Drive

Food and fund drives are powerful ways to support Second Harvest and raise awareness about hunger in our community. Hosting a fund drive is one of the most effective ways to help—your fundraising dollars allow us to purchase exactly what’s needed at wholesale prices, getting more food to more people. Food drives play a vital role by helping us stock our most-needed items and engaging the community in a hands-on way to end hunger together.

Be a Fundraiser

Fund drives allow us to support more people, more efficiently. Every $20 donated to Second Harvest can provide up to 5 bags of groceries for our neighbors experiencing food insecurity. The funds you raise help provide fresh, nutritious foods like produce, dairy, and protein that cannot be collected during a traditional food drive.

Set up your fund drive page and challenge your family, friends, and colleagues to donate!
Track your progress, set goals, and manage your virtual giving page.
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 form 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

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)

Fund Drive (Fundraise for Second Harvest)

Food Drive (Collect non-perishable food for Second Harvest)

Both Fund and Food Drive

Is this drive part of our Share Your Holidays campaign (November 3 – December 8)?(Required)

Yes

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.

Organization Name(Required)

Primary Contact(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Organization Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Mailing Address (if different than physical address)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Drive Start Date(Required)

Drive End Date(Required)

Additional comments:

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!

Number of barrels requested

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.

Date you wish to pick-up barrel(s)

Date you wish to drop-off barrel(s)

I would like to participate in the Share Your Holidays barrel drop-off on November 3 and pick-up on December 8.

Yes