URGENT NEED FOR FUNDS. DONATE TODAY!

URGENT NEED FOR FUNDS. DONATE TODAY!

Food Drives

Upcoming Food Drives

Month of April:  Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church

Sunday 4/20:     First United Methodist Church

Month of May:   First Congregational Church

Saturday 5/3:     Kiwanis Club of Glendale Heights @ Tony’s

Saturday 5/10:   Stamp Out Hunger with Glen Ellyn Post Office

Saturday 6/7:      Sustain DuPage

June 12 – 19:       Glen Ellyn Park District, Ackerman Sports Fitness Center

Saturday 6/14:   Stuff the Squad with Glen Ellyn Police Department

June 23-27:          First Congregational Church Vacation Bible School

Please bring in donations via the back double doors of our house at 55 N. Park Blvd. only during these hours:

Monday – Friday, 9 – 11 a.m.

Legal Protection for donors:

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 protects donors and donation sites from legal liability for food donated in good faith.

SPONSOR A FOOD DRIVE
The Pantry has all the tools to make your big event a success! Register your food drive by clicking the button below, or email FoodDrives@GlenHouseFoodPantry.org.

Host a Food Drive

Despite being one of the wealthiest counties in the state, DuPage also has thousands of residents at risk of hunger. Help the Pantry “make hunger history!”

Here’s all you have to do:

  • Register your food drive at least one week in advance (click link on the right)

  • Arrange to stop by the Pantry to pick up your promo materials including:

    • Yard signs

    • Bins to collect food

    • Receipts for donors

  • Promote your food drive via emails and Facebook (spread the word!)

  • Include our most needed items list (updated every week on our website homepage)

  • Host your food drive – make sure to give receipts to all donors

  • Make arrangements to drop off the food you collected at the Pantry 

  • Send photos of your Food Drive to the Pantry so we can post on Facebook

For assistance, please email FoodDrives@GlenHouseFoodPantry.org