News Items
Reusable Bags
The food bank has gone green! In June of 2010, we started packing our food in reusable bags instead of the paper and plastic bags we have been using for years. Our clients bring the bags back to the food bank to be reused at the following distribution.
2011 Events
Stamp Out Hunger
May 14 - "Stamp Out Hunger" is our annual Post Office food drive. Leave nonperishable food donations in your mail box, and your postal carriers will pick them up and bring them to us. This is a very important food drive for us, the second biggest of the year!
Memorial Day Parade
May 28 - Memorial Day Parade in Coupeville. Food bank volunteers drive our van in the parade. Bring nonperishable donations to the parade route and flag us down; we will pick them up!
Freedom from Hunger
July - We will be partnering with the Prairie Center Red Apple to collect cash for the food bank. This money is used to buy food during the summer when most food banks have a hard time keeping their shelves stocked. Just tell any cashier at Prairie Center that you want to make a donation to the food bank when you are checking out. They have a special button on their cash registers to record your donation.
Harvest Fest Relay Races
October 8 - This year marks the fourth annual relay races held at the Coupeville Farmers Market. The race starts at 11:00 a.m. This is our largest fundraiser of the year. Teams of five are invited to register for this enormously entertaining event. Fun for everyone! Contact the Food Bank for details at 678-8312.
Greening of Coupeville Christmas Parade
December 3 - The world famous Gifts from the Heart Grocery Cart Drill Team will once again be marching in the parade! Please bring your nonperishable food items to the parade route for the drill team to collect. Contact the food bank for details at 678-8312.
Contributors and Fundraising Events
Coupeville Farmers Market Harvest Fest Relay Races
For several years, the Coupeville Farmers Market has held relay races as part of their Harvest Fest celebration. Teams of five solicit race sponsors, and all donations are given to the food bank. The teams compete in a series of fun, goofy relay events. In past years, the races have raised over $7,000 for the food bank! Start getting your team together for this year's races in October!
Coupeville Lions Shopping Spree
The Coupeville Lions Club sells Shopping Spree raffle tickets, and the winner gets to shop for three minutes in Prairie Center Red Apple.
Winners, Coupeville Lions Tom and Teresa Ellis, donated their winning ticket to the food bank. Cheryl Thomas, a food bank volunteer, was our shopper and managed to get over $500 in groceries in three minutes!
Scouting for Food
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| These proud scouts show off their donations. |
The Greenbank Boy Scouts, Coupeville Boy Scouts, and Coupeville Cub Scouts have collected food for us during the National Boy Scout "Scouting for Food" food drive. This is a large food drive we look forward to every March.
Living Hope Vacation Bible School Food Drive
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| Vacation Bible School members strike a pose in front of their food donations. |
For several years, the Living Hope Vacation Bible School has collected food every day during their week-long Vacation Bible School. This food drive has grown to become our third largest food drive of the year!
Coupeville Middle School Garden
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| Ms. Welch and her students show off their tasty harvest of lettuce. |
The 7th and 8th graders in Ms. Terry Welch's class have grown a garden at the middle school and have donated the produce to the food bank for years. They grow early harvest lettuce and spinach in many different varieties. They usually get three harvests from their garden before school is out in June. Our clients appreciate this healthy, organic donation.
