Schools

We are proud to partner once again with local schools to Scare Away Hunger. Your participation is a valued part of our annual It’s Spooky to Be Hungry® campaign, and we thank you for linking arms with us to help feed local families in need. 

Option 1: Host A Virtual Drive

Your school can participate in the It’s Spooky to Be Hungry® Virtual Drive — our online fundraising campaign. After you create your team and fundraising page, you can invite parents, faculty, colleagues and friends to donate by sending them a custom hyperlink or directing them to this page: 

Benefits of a Virtual Food Drive

• No-contact fundraising without using food collection barrels. 
• No health or safety concerns about collecting food donations in your hallways or classrooms
• Include students who are learning from home.
• Every 2 dollars raised provides 5 meals to children, seniors and families struggling with hunger.
• All of this can be done from your smartphone or computer.
• Customize the name of your team. Example “Cross Creek High School NJROTC”
• Setting this up is easy and takes less than five minutes. We are happy to help with this!
• Once you create your team, it is immediately ready for fundraising
• Set goals, track your team’s progress and share the unique link for your team via social media, email blast, text message, newsletter, etc.
• Students, parents, faculty, family and friends can choose any team to donate to.
• Start a friendly competition with other schools or classes. Competition example: “Cross Creek NJROTC” team challenges the “Cross Creek Football team” to raise the most funds
• Anyone can view the dollars raised for each team in real-time on the Spooky website. 
• Click here to see schools, neighborhoods and local businesses who have already started a virtual drive
• Click here for a child hunger video

Option 2: Host A Traditional Food Drive

Key Dates

• Registration closes September 16th
• Barrels delivered between September 23th – October 4th
• Campaign – October 1st – 31st
• Barrel picked up between November 1st – 8th
• Spooky Celebration – November 19th

Due to limited resources and truck drivers, if you are requesting food collection barrels from GHFB after September 16^th, we cannot guarantee these can be delivered before October 1^st.   

Please submit your registration by clicking below, and also contact Ariel Leone at aleone@golenharvest.org or 706-736-1199 ext 231 

If we are unable to deliver food collection barrels, schools can still support It’s Spooky To Be Hungry in October by:

1) Using your own food collection containers. Sturdy, plastic bins work well for this. See example here.

2) Starting a virtual food drive (see option 1 above).

3) Dropping off food donations before Friday, November 8 at our Augusta or Aiken warehouse.

4) Signing up to volunteer on Saturday, October 5 for neighborhood canvassing day. See info here.

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Social Media Kit for Schools

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