Virtual Food Drive Update
Things are so exciting with the Virtual Food Drive — it’s hard to keep up with the donations.
Right now I think I’ve accounted for 3,115 pounds of food donated here and elsewhere, benefiting more than 40 food banks around the country. I’ve also received pledges of $460, which I don’t really know how to count. I’m making a financial donation to FeedingAmerica.org in lieu of giving presents to my clients this year (sorry, Chris!), so that will be even more cash.
Some recent highlights:
- Location3 in Denver had an office drive that collected 124 pounds. That’s their picture of the boxes.
- Up the Street Pete called me from Costco as he purchased 100 pounds — it was taller than his head when we stacked it up! That’s Pete with Craig and some of the food as they wheeled it to my house. Craig also collected a large bin from his building.
- Jenny sent an email to her family about the drive, and her mom in West Virginia and her aunt (I think Phoenix?) both donated. All it takes is a little prompting!
My cousin Bailey, who recently drove in the first snow to hit Baton Rouge, LA, since 1988, promised to donate a bag of groceries, plus some dentures. Yep — Bailey owns a dental lab.
Please help the final drive to 4,000 pounds. We’re so close!
Rebecca Smith on 16 Dec 2008 at 9:38 am #
This is so great, Beth! Congrats on all you’ve accomplished. Just think of all the people you’re helping around the country. You’re a great motivator.
BigManWalking on 16 Dec 2008 at 9:44 am #
I just popped in and saw your message. I retweeted it @avenuez and there is hope! Hey…you might want to use DISQUS for your comments. I started doing that a couple weeks ago and now people don’t have to put all that info every time they comment. (Reminds me – time to listen to Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme)! Happy Tuesday! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! Almost forgot – I won a trip – Wife & I are going to the Bahamas – if we can get passport in time!
E-Advocate on 16 Dec 2008 at 11:03 am #
Absolutely!! It is my pleasure to participate! This is a great idea and I will donate and retweet.
Jenny on 16 Dec 2008 at 2:05 pm #
Congratulations and thanks for letting me be a part of it! You are amazing! I’m so excited that the bin in the Pink Palace is almost full! My heart went out to all the homeless people I saw soaked in yesterday’s rain storm. At least we’ll be helping fill their tummies. There’s an Indigo Girls’ lyric that rings true to me ‘…street person my responsibility, if I have a care in the world, I have a gift to bring…’ It warms my heart to see so many generous people being active. Happy Holidays, everyone!
Walter Schwabe on 16 Dec 2008 at 2:59 pm #
Great job guys. Heard about it on twitter. Thought you’d also like to contribute simultaneously with your pictures of donations here on flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/fusedlogicfoodbank/
Or at the Facebook group “fusedlogic Food Bank Challenge”
Regardless nicely done…
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MadameSoybean on 16 Dec 2008 at 5:49 pm #
Retweeting with pleasure! This is a wonderful giving way to use the intertubes!
Our SoCal office has adopted 50 families for the holidays. Donations of food and gifts and warm clothes collected until tomorrow. Thank you for starting this up!!!
Lukeither on 16 Dec 2008 at 6:20 pm #
From a single mom, who’ve had to rely on the food banks this year due to relocating and a slow economy.
I want to say on behalf of the recipients from your efforts and other food banks.
We deeply appreciate it, without there’d be a lot of hungry children.
Sarah on 18 Dec 2008 at 12:16 pm #
Wanted to update you from a Denver high school…
My students brought in a total of 47 cans, adding to those collected by the student council.
To say a bit about our school, a few students who helped organize the drive asked if they could bring a few home because they needed them (our school has greater than 75% of the students on free and reduced lunch).
D.J. on 25 Dec 2008 at 9:13 am #
Just under the wire!
Beth had the great idea to put up a collection station at my office building to help out with the food drive. I called my building manager and got permission to set it up in the lobby.
I got the station all set up just under the wire because the building’s annual coffee bar event was taking place the following day and all the tenants in the building come to the lobby to have free coffee courtesey of the management company.
After everything was said and done, I collected 65 pounds of food from my building. I was quite pleased.
As I left my office on Christmas Eve, I realized that I still have all the collected food sitting in my living room, it was 1pm. I called the food bank and they informed me that they would be closing at 2pm. The San Diego Food Bank is 10 miles from my house. I loaded up my truck, and made the trek thru holiday traffic and arrived, just under the wire, to drop it off.
My stroll down Ave. Z is much lighter now. Very happy to help out my favorite Ave. Z girl.
D.J.