Spread the Love Food Drive Resources
Help Feed Your Neighbors in Need by Hosting a Nut Butter Drive
Support Tools
Download the following PDF support tools to make your food drive a success!
Accepted Nut Butters
Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, walnut butter, pecan butter, pistachio butter, hazelnut butter, sunflower butter, macadamia nut butter, and more!
Please note: For safety reasons, we are unable to accept glass jars or homemade products.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A food drive is an organized effort by an individual or group to collect food items for those who face hunger in the community.
Anyone can host a food drive! Individuals, corporations, faith-based organizations, schools, clubs, neighborhoods, and any other groups are welcome to host their own food drive.
Yes – the Food Bank will provide our famous red donation barrels, which can be dropped off at your location at the beginning of your food drive and picked up at the end. Our food drive barrels are 3 ft. tall x 2 ft. wide and can hold up to 200 pounds of donated food items.
You are welcome to pick up these items directly from our warehouse yourself. You will be asked to indicate your preferences when you fill out the online food drive registration form.
Yes.
Our red food donation barrels are about 3 feet tall and 1.5 feet wide, and can hold up to 200 pounds of nonperishable food.
Yes, you may use your own boxes in lieu of our red barrels. Our goal is to make your food drive as easy and convenient for you as possible.
Your pickup will be scheduled immediately after registration, and you will receive this date in your confirmation email. If your barrels become full during your food drive and you want to schedule an additional pickup, please contact the Food Bank and we will stop by on our next available pickup time.
The Spread the Love Food Drive takes place during the month of February.
Yes! Instead of using our pickup service, you may drop off the food yourself. We have two warehouse locations with open drop-off hours:
San Diego Food Bank
9850 Distribution Ave., Dock 0, San Diego, CA 92121
Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m.-12 noon or 1-3 p.m.
Note: Report to Dock #0 and ring the doorbell if the door is closed.
San Diego Food Bank – North County
2260 Oak Ridge Way, Vista, CA 92081
Mon. - Fri., 8-11 a.m. & 12-2 p.m.
Note: Report to warehouse doors on the east side of the building, facing Progress St.
Absolutely. Your gift allows the Food Bank to purchase nut butters and other protein-rich foods in bulk, stretching every dollar further and delivering protein to local families. CLICK HERE to donate!
Yes, the Food Bank weighs everything that comes in and out of our warehouse, so once your food drive is over, we will weigh all of the donations and let you know how much food you raised.
Have more questions? Please email the Food Bank’s Food Procurement Team, here.