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Host a Food Drive

Help ensure children across Metro Atlanta have reliable access to weekend meals right from your workplace, campus, or community hub. Hosting a food drive is a simple, high-impact way to support our mission while engaging employees, customers, and visitors in meaningful service.

Why Host a Food Drive?

A food drive is more than a collection effort; it’s a powerful opportunity to build awareness. Organizations with steady foot traffic or large employee bases can rally their communities to take action, learn about childhood hunger, and support our weekend meal program that serves food-insecure students across Metro Atlanta.

How It Works!

We make it incredibly easy to host a successful food drive. Our program is fully turnkey:

What We Provide:

Branded food collection barrels
Customized promotional materials to spread the word
Two-way transportation of your barrels
Mission education resources to help your team understand the impact they’re making

Your Role:

Choose a high-visibility location
Encourage employees, visitors, and customers to bring food
Promote your drive internally and externally with the materials we provide

Typical Timeline

Most drives run 2–4 weeks, but we can tailor the duration to your needs.

Corporate Events: Food Drive “In a Box”

Perfect for organizations seeking a team-building activity with a service impact or looking to highlight corporate social responsibility during events, conferences, or internal campaigns.

We’ll ship or deliver everything you need from bins to signage, so your event can focus on engagement, connection, and giving back.

Prefer a Hands-On Experience? Try Our “DIY Packing Session”

Bring our signature weekend meal packing activity to your office, campus, or conference.

This is a do-it-yourself version of our warehouse packing session, designed for teams who want a tactile, high-energy experience rooted in community impact.

What We Provide:

An overview of our mission to educate and inspire your team
A template of our typical weekend meal bag
A list of items your team will acquire
Simple step-by-step instructions on how to set up and run your packing line
Blank inspirational cards for participants to decorate

Your Team’s Role

Collect all food items using the provided shopping list
Host the packing event on your chosen day
Assemble each weekend meal bag, placing an inspirational card inside

After Your Event

We pick up the completed bags, deliver them to children in need, and follow up with your total impact report.

Ready to Host? Start Here.

To help us tailor your food drive or DIY packing event, please complete our Food Drive & Event Intake Form.

Start Your Food Drive

Our team will follow up with details, scheduling, and next steps.

Have Questions? We’re Here to Help

You may contact your assigned Community Buddy directly for coordination needs.

For general questions or inquiries:

📞 404-465-4050

📧 info@backpackbuddiesatl.org

Backpack Buddies Food Drive Program - Sign-up

Please use this form to sign up your organization for Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta's turnkey Food Drive program. Once we receive this information from you, we will review and reach back with all the instructions, materials, and arrange for you to receive the barrels for the Food Drive. Thank you for your support!