Tysong Foods Hunger Relief

If the local grocery store has a special campaign such as “Buy One Get One Free” give the free item to your local food bank.
Pick the extra fruit from your trees and donate it to your local food bank.
Hold a food drive at your place of work, worship, school or ask a business you frequent to hold a food drive.
Pre-arrange to have wholesome leftovers from your big event--wedding, party, festival, etc.--picked up by your local food bank.
Have a party and ask everyone to bring bags of food rather than or in addition to gifts. A great way for children to be involved is to have them ask for food donations for their birthday. Your food bank might even be willing to let you have the party on-site at the food bank.
Volunteer your group for an afternoon at your local food bank as a team-building experience. Great for corporate departments, athletic teams, civic clubs, etc.
Volunteer at your local food bank. You can get complete information on the America's Second Harvest food bank nearest you by going to http://www.secondharvest.org/zip_code.jsp
Volunteer at your local food bank. You can get complete information on the America's Second Harvest food bank nearest you by going
here
Put your social media-connected community to work, like they did in Austin with the HAM-up Tweetup.
Your community has lots of people connected via social media: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc. Put the power of this community to work like they did in Austin with the HAM-up Tweetup.
Five of the most useful things you can donate for disaster relief: --- bottled water ---- granola bars --- canned meats (pop-top lids) --- peanut butter --- diapers
Take your children, school group or scout troop to the grocery store and show them how to read food labels so they can learn nutritional value and food costs. Have each of the children select some items that they would like to purchase to donate to your local food bank.
Volunteer with staff to conduct meetings regarding education and advocacy to local community groups. Projects could include speaking with groups about hunger, conducting Hunger 101 workshops, writing letters or speaking to local, state and federal politicians.

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