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STEAC Food Project
Feeding Davis One Bag at a Time
The STEAC Food Project’s mission is to help Davis’ STEAC Food Pantry have a steady, reliable source of non-perishable food year-round by collecting food from community members every other month. While food drives are an invaluable and critical source of food, they provide only about 30 to 40% of our needs and we often run short between these events.
Most Needed Items: February - March
- Lentils
- Condiments like mayo, mustard, ketchup, salad dressing in small sizes
- Spam (we regularly serve several-dozen clients who appreciate Asian food items)
- 1-pound bags white rice
- Cereal (low-sugar preferred)
- Oatmeal instant packets
- Individual-sized trail mix, nuts, dried fruit
- Ritz crackers (fresh-stack size)
- Small bottles of cooking oil
Volunteer
Opportunity to Lend a Helping Hand
How does it work?
It is a simple system built around two types of volunteers: Neighborhood Coordinators and Food Donors.
Neighborhood Coordinators (NC) are assigned a neighborhood in Davis where they are responsible for food collection from food donors. Collection days happen once every other month, usually the second Saturday of the month. If a NC cannot make this drop-off date, it is their responsibility to coordinate with their assigned neighborhood to collect and drop off food donations another date/time.
Food collected during the Food Project collection day is brought back to the STEAC Food Pantry where volunteers will sort on site.
Food Donors (FD) are members of a NC’s group that commit to donating food once every other month. They put their non-perishable food donations in a green bag (provided by STEAC) and leave it on their doorstep/curb for the NC to collect. The NC will provide any replacement bags for the next event if needed.
What if I have to miss a month of donations/ pick-ups?
That’s okay! You can contact your NC or the STEAC office to coordinate ahead of time so that they can plan accordingly.
How do I sign up?
If you are interested in joining the STEAC Food Project or if you have any questions please contact our Food Program Coordinator, Hana King, at hking@steac.org or contact us at steac@steac.org for more details.
Ready to make a difference?
Join the STEAC Food Project today! Email us at steac@steac.org.