Food Drives

Anyone can host a food drive! All that is required is leadership and dedication. Individuals, corporations, religious organizations, clubs, schools, and any other organization that can garner support, are welcome to participate.

Hosting a food drive is easy! First, set up a committee of team leaders and get any necessary approvals from management or administration for your food drive. Then, just register your food drive by filling out the "Host a Food Drive" form here and returning it to Tri-State Food Bank. The registration form will provide us with all of the required information about your food drive so you can get started right away.

People go hungry every day of the year. While our biggest food drive events take place during the holidays, we encourage groups to host food drives throughout the year, to keep our supplies well-stocked. You can start your food drive whenever you would like – just let us know your start and end dates on the registration form.

Part of organizing a food drive is setting a definite start and end date, but Tri-State Food Bank has no restrictions on how long or short your food drive lasts.

Tri-State Food Bank provides blue barrels to help collect the food. We encourage you to pick up barrels at our Tri-State Food Bank warehouse located at 2504 Lynch Road in Evansville, Indiana. Special arrangements can be made for larger food drives for barrel drop off and pick up. You may also use our logo to help promote the food drive. The approved use logo is below.

Tri-State Food Bank requests that you give three or more days notice before your food drive. Our drivers have a regularly scheduled route and do barrel deliveres in between.

Yes, if you would like to use your own boxes, you can use those in lieu of our barrels. Our goal is to make your food drive as easy and convenient for you as possible.

Yes! If you would rather drop off the food yourself, come to Tri-State Food Bank anytime Monday through Friday between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at our warehouse on 2504 Lynch Road, Evansville, IN 47711. Whether you are picking up and dropping off yourself, or having one of our trucks pick up and drop off, it is important to provide this information on your registration form.

Tri-State Food Bank always needs a variety of nonperishable goods. These include canned fruits and vegetables, beans, canned meats, dry pasta, and grains.

We encourage donations of nutritious core food staples and protein food items over food items such as cookies, candy, and junk food. Tri-State Food Bank is dedicated to providing healthy food for our hungry friends.

• peanut butter
• soup
• canned fruit
• beans
• rice
• tuna
• cereal
• fruit juice
• pasta
• pasta sauce

We prefer plastic containers and pop top cans. Unfortunately, we cannot accept home canned or baked products.

Getting involved and encouraging others to get involved starts with awareness. Once people understand our mission and why Tri-State Food Bank exists, they are usually more willing to donate food or monetary donations. Become an advocate for Tri-State Food Bank and help us build awareness in your community by distributing the hunger facts, linking people to our website and Facebook page, and spreading the word about hunger in the Tri-State area.

To a certain degree, yes. Things such as household cleaners, pet food, baby diapers, and hygienic products we accept, but please keep all non-food items separate from the food items.

Yes. For every dollar donated, Tri-State Food Bank can provide 7 nutritious meals for our friends in need.

Yes. Tri-State Food Bank weighs everything that comes in and out of the warehouse, so once your food drive is over, we will weigh all of your filled barrels and let you know how much food you contributed.