Move those barrels!

Note: I wrote this last night and set it to post just minutes after I hit the road this morning. And you thought I was gone. Never!

With November quickly approaching, the Holiday Food Drive season is really starting to pick up. As you know, Alex and I have been busy with Gus delivering barrels to several food drive sites over the past couple of weeks. And when we can't make the delivery, Sam or Holli does it instead, so we've got a lot of barrels out in the community right now.

But the goal is to put out more and more barrels all over the region! In addition to calling past donors, Alex and I have called dozens of potentially new food drive locations, as well. And so far, I am proud to say, 8 new local businesses have agreed to hold holiday food drives, including my very own apartment complex! The fliers are up on all of the doors in my complex--the grocery list that Holli typed up is posted everywhere, and the managers have even set up a system in which you can put food outside of your door and call them to pick it up. They have even incorporated the food drive into the kids' Halloween party! It's exciting to see people outside of the non-profit sector getting so excited about giving back to their community. In the coming weeks, I am excited to see how much food these businesses end up bringing in.

It's time for another food drive promo! Once again, if you're in the Shared Harvest region and wanting to conduct a food drive with your work, church, or school, let us help! We'll do all of the work--we'll get you the barrels, the posters, the fliers, the shopping lists--and we'll bring Gus out to pick up all of the food you collect when you're finished. How simple is that? Call us at Shared Harvest (513-874-0114) or send me an email (kaitlyn@sharedharvest.org) to get in on the fun.

And if you're outside of the Shared Harvest region, please call your local food bank or food pantry to set up a food drive today! You don't want to miss out on any of the action.

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