WHAT:
The Community Food Drive for Hunger Action Month (September 2025) will help stock the Amherst Survival Center’s food pantry and support food distribution to our community. The food drive will give us two purposes: a community event to take action against the cuts in food assistance and a way to join in community to care for one another. Note: residents of Amherst and Granby are eligible to use the food pantry at the Amherst Survival Center.
WHEN:
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Food delivery day: Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE:
You can set up a local food collection site in your workplace, house of worship, neighborhood, book club, or just participate as an individual or family.
Donations will also be able to be brought to the Amherst Survival Center at 138 Sunderland Road in North Amherst on Saturday, September 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WHY:
Recent federal cuts to food assistance and SNAP, coupled with increasing costs for groceries, is believed to create an significant demand on food programs like the Amherst Survival Center. It will also make it more difficult to tackle hunger. This drive provides us with an opportunity to come together, resist the cuts and feed our community.
HELP US PROMOTE THE DRIVE AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION
- Download this flyer about the food drive and post it in your neighborhood
- Share information on the drive on your social media
HOW CAN YOU JOIN?
You can join the drive as an individual, a member of a group, a workplace, a team.
As an individual, you can ….
- Donate food and deliver it to the Center on September 20 between 9:30am and 11:30am.
- Donate funds to the Center so they can purchase food.
- Recruit your neighbors to donate to the drive, and deliver their food to the Center on September 20 between 9:30am and 11:30am.
- Recruit you co-workers and set up a food collection bin at work. Bring your workplace donations to the Center on September 20 between 9:30am and 11:30am.
- Recruit your organization, your book club, knitting club, and/or your friends to participate and deliver their food donations to the Center on September 20 between 9:30am and 11:30am.
- Share your participation on social media, let your friends know!
As a house of worship, business, organization, club, or team you can …
- Host a food collection box in your location and ask members to participate, and let us know so we can let people know and receive your donations on September 20.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DONATE?
Please donate only food that has not expired. Glass containers are discouraged.
Currently, the most needed items in the food pantry are:
Needed Food:
- peanut butter
- beans
- Chef Boyardee (or similar) cans
- rice
- pasta
- pasta sauce
- cereal
- shelf stable milk
- canned tuna / canned chicken
Needed Personal Care Items:
- menstrual pads
- toilet paper
Questions: E-mail mindyforma@gmail.com
Stay tuned for updates on participating organizations!