Your Own event

your own Fundraiser

Host your own Food Drive and Fundraiser! We are community owned and supported, all of our donations come from generous community members like YOU!

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Your Own event

your own Fundraiser

Host your own Food Drive and Fundraiser! We are community owned and supported, all of our donations come from generous community members like YOU!

Register

Host your own Food Drive and Fundraiser!

Planning a fundraiser

The Calgary Food Bank is community owned and community supported, meaning that all of our donations come directly from generous community members like YOU! Hosting your own fundraiser is a great way to raise food and funds to help support the community and feed YYC. The possibilities are endless when it comes to holding your own event.

We can deliver donations supplies such as food donation boxes to collect non-perishable food items and/or cash donation boxes to collect donations of funds. We can pick-up the donations after the event is held. Please allow one or more business days for deliveries to be made.

The Food Bank can also provide volunteer representatives to accept donations at your event. Please provide two weeks minimum for this to be arranged. Event organizers can set up a personalized online donation page to collect monetary donations.

Two young girls donating to the Calgary Food Bank

Step 1: Register your food drive fundraiser

Register your Food Drive and Fundraiser, so we can support your event, share your work and inspire others, and so we can say Thank You! Register your event.

Step two: Learn More

Learn more about us through our informational documents. Use them in your own fundraiser to help raise food and funds! Click to get the resources.

Step 3: Have fun & get creative

The possibilities are endless, have fun and get creative with your fundraising events. Get inspired.

Step 4: (optional) Create a website

Bring your event, food drive or fundraiser to the next level by building your own Personal Fundraising Page. As the champion of your own page, you can run an online fundraising initiative by reaching out to friends, family and your online community.

Personal Pages to support an activity that you are participating in, to complement an event or milestone that you are celebrating, or simply to raise funds.
Tribute page In-Honour or In-Memory of a loved one.

the possibilities are endless

Get inspired

Get creative with your fundraising event! Find the inspiration you need to start by checking out our list of fundraising ideas.

#FEEDYYC

Register Your event

Sporting event

Host a golf, baseball or soccer tournament, have the teams compete to raise funds and food or add fundraising activities to the event.

Sweat

Ask your friends to pledge you for an upcoming physical challenge (e.g.; 10 km run, triathlon).

Bottle Drive

Host a bottle drive in your community and donated the funds raised to help Feed YYC.

Raffle or 50/50

Have a raffle or 50/50 at your event and donate the proceeds to help feed Calgarians in need. Please check the AGLC website for the rules.

Block Party

Host a block party and ask your guests to bring a donation, of food or funds, for the Food Bank.

Casual Day

Charge a fee or food donation in the office to wear casual clothes or jeans.

Office food drive

Place a food and/or fund donation box in the reception area of your office and invite your clients to bring a donation when they visit your office.

Yard Sale

Host a community yard sale with the proceeds being donated to help feed YYC.

Community Movie Night

Host a community movie night and have people bring a donation fee as entry to the event.

Cooking competition

Channel your inner chef! Have a number of people cook a dish and charge a donation (food or funds) to taste each item. Have taste testers choose a winner for some friendly fun competition.

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BirthdayS

Instead of gifts, ask your friends and family for donations of food and funds. A great idea for kids is to ask for money in the amount of their age from their family or friends and donate half to the Food Bank.

“I knew I could make a difference by helping the food bank. I talked to my mom about it and did some research. I learned that the food bank can get more food with money than I can buying the food myself. I know (there are) families with special dietary needs so you often need to buy stuff. So I decided to collect toonies. Every kid has a toonie laying around. I decided it would be cool to try to raise $200 and that seemed like a reasonable amount to aim for. The total raised was $397.70.”

Brandon, Leadership Student

What you need to know

Fundraising Resources

Complete Press Kit

Fast Facts, About Us, Annual Report, Our Wish List, logos and usage guidelines.

Complete Press Kit

Essential Press Kit

Fast Facts and About Us
information sheets.

Press Kit Essentials

Logos & Guidelines

Logo usage guidelines and logos in jpg, png, pdf and eps formats.

Logos & Guidelines

Looking for more resources?

Want to know more?

Get in touch

Contact our Community Engagement team at 403-253-2059 or by email.

Register your fundraiser

Your Own event

Your Own event

Host your own Food Drive and Fundraiser!

Planning a fundraiser

Step 1: Register your food drive fundraiser

Step two: Learn More

Step 3: Have fun & get creative

Step 4: (optional) Create a website

the possibilities are endless

Get inspired

#FEEDYYC

Sporting event

Sweat

Bottle Drive

Raffle or 50/50

Block Party

Casual Day

Office food drive

Yard Sale

Community Movie Night

Cooking competition

BirthdayS

What you need to know

Fundraising Resources

Complete Press Kit

Essential Press Kit

Logos & Guidelines

Want to know more?

Get in touch

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