Current and Upcoming Holiday Food Drives

Support Second Harvest Food Bank by participating in the following Food Drives in your neighborhood this holiday season:

NOW through JANUARY 5: 
Lucky, Food Maxx and Save Mart Holiday Food Drive
You can support the Food Bank while shopping at your local Lucky, Food Maxx or Save Mart store - simply drop non-perishable items to donate in our Food Bank barrels. All Save Mart and Lucky stores will have $10 and $20 bags of their pre-selected food items that you can buy and place in the barrels.

NOW through JANUARY 1: 
ABC7 / Safeway Share your Holiday Food Drive
You can support the Food Bank while shopping at your local Safeway store - simply drop non-perishable items to donate in our Food Bank barrels.
Find a Safeway location near you

NOW through JANUARY 8: 
CBS5 / Whole Foods Market
Food for Bay Area Families: Help provide food for families in need this holiday season - donate non-perishable items at your local Whole Foods Market. Look for our barrels at a Whole Foods location near you.
Find your nearest Whole Foods Market location

TUESDAY DECEMBER 8:
Whole Foods Market "5% Day"
Stock up on organic groceries, gourmet treats and superb buffet items while helping to feed those in need! All Bay Area Whole Foods Market stores will donate 5% of profits from their sales on Tuesday, December 8th to support Bay Area Food Banks.
Find your nearest Whole Foods Market location

NOVEMBER 21:
Scouting For Food
Scouts across the Bay Area will be collecting food on this one day food drive. The weekend before they will place door hangers on homes that they will return to on November 21. Simply put a bag of food out on your porch that morning for the scouts and they will deliver it to the Food Bank. If you do not receive a door hanger, you can still donate by bringing the food to your local Bay Area Food Bank or most LDS churches.

NOVEMBER 21, 8:30AM - 5:30PM: 
NBC11 Bay Area/CVS Food Drive
Join CVS and NBC11 Bay Area for this single day drive to raise food for those in need! Stop by your local CVS and donate non-perishable food items to the Food Bank on the day of November 21st.
Find your local CVS pharmacy

Paper = Food

You can help feed hungry people in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties by buying paper. Each time you buy a case of Give Something Back (GSB) 30% or 100% post-consumer recycled paper, GSB Inc. and Boise Inc. will donate $1 to the Food Bank.

GSB was founded on a simple concept – sell office supplies and donate the profits to local non-profit organizations. Today GBS has become the largest independent office supply company in the western region and has given over $4 million back to impact our local communities.

Contact Give Something Back at support@givesomethingback.com or visit them on line at http://www.givesomethingback.com/ for more information.

Cheesecake Factory supports Hunger Action Month with special promotion

On September 30th, bring two cans of soup to any local Cheesecake Factory and, on top of your food donation, they will donate 10% of your check to the Food Bank.

The Cheesecake Factory is a corporate partner of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month. During the month of September, Feeding America’s nationwide network of 205 food banks are calling upon their communities to help end local hunger.

Chef Cat Cora to host Backyard "CCQ" in support of Second Harvest

Head out to Macy's Valley Fair - 2801 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose on Saturday, October 3rd at 2:00pm where Macy's Culinary Council chef Cat Cora will host a Backyard "CCQ".

Join us to sample some of Cat's favorite recipes. Feed your passion for gourmet cooking while showing your support for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.

Ticket price is $15. All proceeds from event will benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Ticket transaction will be completed at Macy's prior to start of the event. Cash or check only. Please make check payable to "Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties". For more information, log onto macys.com/events.

Exchange Cans of Soup for Cheesecake

The Cheesecake Factory’s Drive Out Hunger 30-Day/30-Market Bus Tour hits our local area on Wednesday, September 2nd.

Come by the Cheesecake Factory Valley Fair (3041 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95050) from 7:00-10:00am and and enjoy a slice of decadence. The first 500 guests who donate two cans of soup will receive a free slice of Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake and all donors will receive a special gift to use on a future visit.

Zombies support the Food Bank

On August 26, hundreds of people are expected to show up for Zombie-o-Rama in downtown San Jose. This year, event organizer Dan Vado of SLG publishing has set up a food drive to compliment the Zombie Crawl and film showing of "Shaun of the Dead".

A barrel will be set up at the movie site (Starlight Cinema) as well as at Zombie-O-Rama HQ (otherwise known as the SLG Art Boutiki).

"We're all looking for ways to make it through this very hard time, so the stuff that really resonates with people is about community," Vado says. "The first rule in a zombie apocalypse is to stick together, because that's the only way to survive."

I never thought I'd find myself in a position where I wanted to thank a pack of zombies... But wow, thanks guys!

More information available on the Zombie-O-Rama blog, at Zombieorama.com and in this Mercury News article.

Photo by Josie Lepe, Mercury News

A Special Holiday Gift From Beau-coup.com

Charity Promotion: December 15th - December 19th

Beau-coup specializes in unique wedding and party favors, gifts, and party supplies.  This holiday season, they’re encouraging people to give and give back by partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank.  For five days, beginning on Monday, December 15th, Beau-coup will donate $5 to the Food Bank for every order over $30 they receive.  In addition to this, Beau-coup is also hosting a food drive at its corporate headquarters in Mountain View.  Drive ends Friday, December 19th.  

For more details, please visit www.beau-coup.com.