10 Steps to a Successful Product Drive
Download the 2023 Food Drive Guide
- Contact our Pantry Team at campusfoodpantry@boisestate.edu
- Designate roles within your group and establish a communication method that works best.
- Decide who you’d like to receive donations from. Who is your target audience?
- How will you reach your audience? You can choose to do a tabling event, reach out via email or phone, or find other ways to connect.
- What items do you plan on collecting? Check the Pantry donation page to see what is needed at the time.
- Set a goal! This could be the number of tabling events, amount of food collected, etc.
- Decide on a location to host the product drive. Where do you feel that you will be most successful?
- Choose the dates and times for your product drive. What works best for your group and your goal?
- Market and promote your drive! See below for additional ideas from our team.
- Schedule a date and time to drop-off what you’ve collected to the Pantry.
Marketing Ideas
- Social Media Posts
- Campus Food Pantry Instagram Takeover
- Make Graphics (Canva is a free graphic design platform)
- Flyers
- Tell people you know!
- Send emails to community partners
Items We Can't Accept
- Expired Food
- Damaged Items (Example: extremely dented cans or open packages)
- Unlabeled / Homemade Food
- Medication