Coming soon: GRAB-AND-GO
October 16, 2024
DONATION FOOD DRIVE BY
Spring 2025
LBCC AND CSULB
Feeding the Future. For Rotary Club of Long Beach this phrase brings to mind the constant and continuous struggle food insecure and homeless College Students face and our commitment to offer support to help alleviate their basic needs challenges.
We started in October 2019 with a Grab-and-Go project. We were successful in providing meals for 1500 food insecure students at Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach City College. Plans to repeat this event had to be postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions and precautions. Knowing the need for food was growing for this student population, Rotarians pivoted and created a contact-less, drive-up Food Drive at the two campuses. The participation in the Food Drive was incredible and the results were outstanding! Last year over 300 Volunteers and Donors attended the event on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Outreach to the Community, from corporate to individuals, resulted in hundreds more participating by way of food collections at offices, friends and neighbors donating goods, and monetary donations from those who supported the cause but couldn’t attend. Over 1000 bags equating to almost 10,000 lbs. in non-perishable and hygiene items were collected. The spotlight on food insecurity was widespread and impactful. Feedback from the schools, Rotarians and Community members was overwhelmingly positive.
Start collecting now for the Spring 2025 Food Drive.
High Need Items include:
Canned meats, canned vegetables, beans, rice, pasta & sauce, protein & granola bars, snacks (nuts, cookies, crackers), peanut butter, jelly, dry cereal, oatmeal, toothbrush, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, shampoo
Nothing opened or expired