Everyone has a part in ending hunger
Whatever your age or station in life, whether you offer time, talent, money, or other resources, you play an essential role in this mission. We need you!
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Thank You for being part of
the Good Shepherd Food-Bank family!
Good Shepherd Food-Bank operates on a budget of $1.66 million. With your help, we are able to meet our fundraising goal of $850,000. Please consider making a gift today to help support the tremendous work that is provided every day right here in our state!
Individual Opportunities
Volunteering: consists not only of sorting and inspecting food in our warehouse. It can also involve those who are willing to serve on our boards and committees, assist with events, and act as ambassadors for Good Shepherd Food-Bank. more>
Eat In for Hunger: Encourage and challenge your friends and family to stay in for the weekend & donate what they would have spent in a restaurant for dinner to GSFB. Do you plan to spend $50.00 eating out this weekend? We can stretch each dollar donated to more than $12.50 of food for a family! This could buy more than $625.00 worth of food for families who only dream of sharing a meal in a restaurant.
Pampered Chef: Are you hosting or attending a Pampered Chef show? Rounding up your order total to the nearest dollar or more helps Good Shepherd Food-Bank. In 1991, Pampered Chef Founder Doris Christopher created the Round-Up from the Heart campaign, designed to help alleviate the hunger crisis in America. Since the campaign's inception, nearly $10 million in donated funds have been raised to help America's Second Harvest affiliated food banks nationwide.
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Corporate Opportunities
In-kind donations: Good Shepherd Food-Bank is continually seeking donations of products and services to keep our costs down and direct our limited financial resources towards feeding the hungry. We often need: gently used office equipment, kitchen equipment, fork lifts, pallet jacks and other trucking supplies, printing and mail services, photography, and gift items, hotels, airfare, dinners, etc. for our annual events.
Grants: We accept one-year and multi-year grants for General Operating Support and for various programs such as our "Food Mobile" and Purchase Food programs. Please contact Michelle Gosselin, for more information at 207-782-3554 or mgosselin@gsfb.org.
Sponsorships: Good Shepherd Food-Bank offers many event and food drive sponsorship opportunities. Sponsors receive benefits such listings in invitations, Food-Bank quarterly newsletters; placement in statewide print media ads, and signage at events. Good Shepherd Food-Bank is a recognized name and brand that brings added value to our corporate partners.
Non Event: Tired of those endless office holiday parties? Wish your company wouldn't spend so much when so many people are hungry? Well many companies opt out of the same old same old holiday celebration and give in the spirit of the season by donating the funds they would have spent on a party to Good Shepherd Food-Bank - we'll put it to immediate good use.
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Food and Fund Drives: Organize and Encourage employees to participate.
Dress Down for Hunger: Your employees may appreciate the opportunity to have a casual, yet still business -friendly- attire day of wearing jeans to work. Many businesses have been successful at promoting this by having employees contribute a donation each week to have the privilege of participating.
Round-Up: Give your customers the opportunity to 'Round Up' their payment for your services or products to the nearest dollar or more to Good Shepherd Food-Bank.
Truck Sponsorships: Make a great impact in the fight against hunger while getting huge visibility for your company. The investment to sponsorsa Good Shepherd Food-Bank truck route (fuel, tolls, insurance, driver, etc.) for an entire year is $30,000 - and for an entire year your company's name and logo are emblazoned on one of our trucks as it travels the entire State of Maine. Truckside advertising such as this can cost up to $100,000 a year, plus this sponsorship is tax-deductible.
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Help Increase Involvement
Come and visit: Bring your group to take a tour, volunteer for the day or use our meeting room.
Present GSFB information at your next group meeting.
Introduce us to your Church, Group or Employer. Just contact us for available materials, appropriate for your situation.
Foundations & Trusts
We accept one-year and multi-year grants for General Operating Support and for various programs such as our "Food Mobile" and Purchase Food programs. Please contact Michelle Gosselin, for more information at 207-782-3554 or mgosselin@gsfb.org.
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Civic Organization Opportunities
Let us present to your group: Let us share a powerful and informative 6 minute video featuring our statewide efforts.
Food and Fund Drives: Organize and Encourage club members to participate
Allocate funds: adopt us as a preferred charitable organization. For every dollar donated to Good Shepherd Food-Bank, we can provide over $12.50 in food to those struggling with hunger in our state.
Come and visit: Bring your group to volunteer for the day or use our meeting room.
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Church Groups
Special Collections: Consider giving members of your church the opportunity to help by having a one-time collection or offering to help us meet the critical demand for food.
Donation Boxes: Provide a drop box for collecting funds to help the poor and hungry.
Food and Fund Drives: Organize and Encourage members to participate.
Spread the Word: provide printed facts and information pertaining to the work of GSFB throughout Maine.
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Youth Groups
Help Throughout the Year
Volunteer: Good Shepherd Food Bank is actively seeking groups to volunteer in our warehouse to help with our pre-sorting of incoming product. In addition, we are often looking for help with special events and thank you calls. Our hope is to rely on youth groups throughout Maine, in order to help us broaden awareness of the work with do in our state.
Bottle Drives: The perfect time to facilitate bottles drives in the communities is just after the holidays! Gather a group of friends and/or school peers together and collect bottles following Christmas, New Year's and Superbowl Sunday, summer gatherings or any time of year! Don't forget about approaching your local redemption center to see if they would be interested in becoming a preferred collection point. Many redemption centers are willing to kick in an additional amount to help the cause. Every little bit adds up to make a big difference.
Fall Opportunities
Cleaning of Apple Orchards. Help GSFB partner with Maine Apple Orchards by taking their waste and deliver apples to help feed Maine's Hungry. We can use your help contacting orchards and participating in the assigned dates to pick apples. GSFB will arrange for the delivery of apples to our warehouse.
Eagle Projects: Looking for a project? Call Michelle Gosselin @ 782-3554 x24 for details.
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