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FEEDING WESTCHESTER

FEED A FAMILY2018 | ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Advocate – Educate – Volunteer – Donate

200,000 Westchester residents are hungry, including families, seniors, and 60,000 children. This holiday season, help us to raise awareness about this critical issue by participating in our Feed a Family holiday campaign.

WHAT IS THE FEED A FAMILY CAMPAIGN?

Through Feeding Westchester’s “Feed a Family” campaign, a donation of $25 can provide a complete holiday meal for a family. Everyone deserves a festive meal around the table this holiday season, and with your support we can help feed families, children, and seniors who are hungry. The months of October through December is your opportunity to participate in a movement that has a real and lasting impact on the mission to end hunger in Westchester County. We all have a role to play in ending hunger.

Feeding Westchester is encouraging local businesses, organizations, individuals and groups to help Feed a Family this holiday season.

Here are some ideas: • Donate a portion of in-store proceeds to Feeding Westchester • Start your own online Fundraiser • RaiseawarenessbyhangingFeedingWestchesterflyersandsignage • Create a holiday inspired food dish with a portion of proceeds donated to Feeding Westchester • Start a Food & Fund Drive

PARTNERING WITH FEEDING WESTCHESTER FOR FEED A FAMILY CAMPAIGN YOU WILL RECEIVE:

Feed a Family Logo • I AM Feeding Westchester window cling • Social Media Cover Images • Table Tent Cards • Feed a Family Flyers • Social Media Assets: Graphics for Facebook and Twitter and Corresponding Suggested Post Copy • Website Listing • Social Media Coverage

For more information please contact Nicoal Crawford at [email protected] or 914.418.5204


HELP RAISE HUNGER AWARENESS DURING THE HOLIDAYS, BY USING ONE OR ALL OF THESE IDEAS:

1. Bring a group to volunteer at Feeding Westchester. Groups of up to 60 people can sort and package nutritious food to be delivered to soup kitchens and food pantries across the county. Post a photo of your group in action! Don’t forget to tag Feeding Westchester.

2. Start a food and funds drive at your office. Feeding Westchester can provide a branded cardboard bin or signs to help you collect the food donations. Then bring the donations to be weighed in and distributed through Feeding Westchester to our over 300 partners. Doing a fund drive? Every $1 donated helps Feeding Westchester provide 4 meals for people in need!

3. Creative fundraisers. Need inspiration for ways to fundraise? Here are some creative ideas to get your friends, family or colleagues involved:• hold a bake sale • host a cocktail party, wine dinner or happy hour for Feeding Westchester • host a dress down day at work in exchange for a donation to Feeding Westchester.

4. Participate in a Feed a Family event. Feeding Westchester has many events

going on during the holiday’s such as our #GivingTuesday

repack competition (Community Scoop-A-

Thon 11/27). Visit www.feedingwestchester.org/

FAF2018 for more event information.

5. Host a “lunch and learn”

and invite Feeding Westchester to participate. Learn about hunger in

Westchester County and what Feeding Westchester is doing to address it with the help of its partners. Contact Tamar Jacobson for details: 914-909-9612 or

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Get started.Visit our Feeding Westchester Feed a Family Page and click “Start a Fundraiser” or follow www.feedingwestchester.org/FAF2018

Customize your online Fundraiser Page.Customize your fundraising page with as much or as little as you’d like. You can: • Share your story on why this cause is important to you • Add photos to your page or choose one of our Feed a Family graphics

Set a goal amount. • Remember, for every $1 donated, we can provide 4 meals for our 1 in 5 neighbors struggling with hunger. ($500 = 2,000 meals) •Showyourcommitmenttohelpingfeedourneighborsbymakingthefirstdonation to your page.

Share your impact.Invite your customers, family and friends on social media by asking them to donate to your page. Use your platforms as a call to action and encourage followers to follow Feeding Westchester. Try to include Feeding Westchester’s social media handle in your posts. • Facebook: Feeding Westchester • Instagram: @FeedingWestchester • Twitter: @FeedWestchester

Remember to tag #FeedingWestchester and #FeedaFamily in most if not all posts andinclude your Peer-to-Peer fundraising landing page URL.

We’re here to help you launch your Fundraising campaign, hit your fundraising goal, and help feed our 1 in 5 Westchester neighbors struggling with hunger. If you have any questions, or need help getting set up, please reach out to Nicoal Crawford, [email protected] or 914.418.5204.

GET READYTO FUN-RAISE!

START FUNDRAISING! Raise money with friends, family or colleagues by creating a Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser! With your customizable Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser, you can accept online donations, track your progress, and invite your friends to help “Feed a Family” with you!

$1 = 4 MEALS


HERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP FEED A FAMILY FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON!

UPCOMING EVENTS & CAMPAIGNS

#GivingTuesday Community Scoop-A-Thon

Tuesday, November 27 | 5pm-7pmFeeding Westchester, ElmsfordEntrance Fee: $500 per team of 10 or $50 per person

On #GivingTuesday, Westchester community members will be rolling up their sleeves, showing their team spirit and supporting our community in alleviating hunger. Join Feeding Westchester’s supporters in a fun and friendly repack competition. Teams of up to 10 team members will package critical items for families in need across the county as quickly as possible. The team that packs the most pounds of food will win the Community Scoop Award.

Participation also includes: • Public recognition in publicity materials • Promotion on Feeding Westchester’s social media platforms & website • Team photo (show your team pride by wearing matching t-shirts) • Reception sponsored by Stop & Shop held after the competition to celebrate your good work • Reserve a spot for your team or register today at fundraise.feedingwestchester.org/csat2018

For more information, contact Nicoal Crawford at [email protected] or call 914.418.5204


Natural Foods

Participating Stores and Locations: • Balducci’s Food Lovers Market - 15 Palmer Ave, Scarsdale - 144 South Ridge Street, Rye Brook • ShopRite • Croton - 460 South Riverside Avenue • Bedford Hills -747 Bedford Ave • White Plains - 13 City Place • Tuckahoe - 278 Tuckahoe Rd. • Thornwood - 960 Broadway • Greenway Plaza - 23 Prospect Street, Greenway Plaza • Cortlandt Manor (Peekskill) - 2094 East Main Street • Scarsdale - 955 Central Avenue • New Rochelle - 8 Joyce Rd. & Palmer Ave.

Green’s Natural Foods Locations • Briarcliff – 77 N State Rd, Briarcliff Manor • Larchmont – 2460 Boston Post Rd, Larchmont • Mt. Kisco – 666 Lexington Ave, #1, Mt. Kisco • Scarsdale – 780 White Plains Rd, Scarsdale • Yorktown - 12 Triangle Center, Yorktown Heights

Check Out Hunger Register Campaign

October 15, 2018 – January 2, 2019

Each year, select grocery stores throughout Westchester County participate in Check-Out Hunger® (COH), a point of sale campaign running through January, 2019thatbenefitsfoodbanksfromNew England through Virginia and even Florida.Feeding Westchester is proud and grateful to be a beneficiaryofthiscampaign.

While shopping at your participating grocery store, you are encouraged to donate to this campaign, the proceedsofwhichbenefitour300+hungerreliefprograms throughout the County.

This year, Feeding Westchester has 16 grocery stores participating, and we need your help to make this campaign a success! “Check Out Hunger” by visiting participating stores and supermarkets and making a donation at the cash register.


Fight hunger next time you shop through Amazon by logging in through www.smile.amazon.com, select Feeding Westchester from the list of partners, then shop as usual. Amazon Foundation will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to Feeding Westchester!

Thenew Very Cherry Ghirardelli® Chocolate Cheesecake is a cherry cheesecake on a layer of fudge cake, loaded with cherries and Ghirardelli® chocolate. ForeveryslicesoldfromJuly 30, 2018 - February 28, 2019, The Cheesecake Factory will donate $0.25 to Feeding America and the member food banks. The campaign is expected to bring in a minimum of $100,000. Since 2008, The Cheesecake Factory has donated more than $4.3M to Feeding America through the sale of its specially designated cheesecakes.


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