Host a Food Drive
You can support our mission by hosting a food drive with your group, organization, or business.
Steps for a successful food drive
- Decide if you want to collect food and/or monetary donations.
- Choose dates and length of your food drive.
Although the holidays are a popular time to host a food drive, donations are needed all year. - Contact us to pick up branded donation collection boxes from our warehouse.
- Promote your food drive.
Create posters that include the date, drop-off location, and that the food drive will benefit Manna. You can also promote your food drive through email, social media, etc. - Share our most-needed foods list to help collect healthy foods.
- At the end of your drive, drop off your food donations.
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Dropping off food drive donations
When your food drive ends, you can drop off your collected donations at either of our locations:
Warehouse
Schedule
Monday through Friday
8 a.m.–2 p.m.
Location
9311 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Details
An after-hours drop box is located outside the main entrance for shelf-stable (no refrigerated or frozen) items.
Administrative office
Schedule
Monday through Friday
8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Location
12301 Old Columbia Pike, Suite 200
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Details
During business hours, you can leave shelf-stable (no refrigerated or frozen) items in our pod located in the parking lot.
Food drive donations pick-up
If you collect a large amount of food (more than would fit in a minivan), we may be able to pick up your donation. Call us at 301-424-1130 to schedule a pick-up.
Collecting food or fund donations
Monetary donations are another way to help. Ninety-four cents of every dollar that is donated to Manna goes directly into programs that provide food for our neighbors in need.