Live From Bloomington
Community Food Drive
Food Drive: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Club Night: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Sponsored by the IU Credit Union - a food drive throughout the Bloomington Community brings in thousands of pounds of food and needs many volunteers.
Night Clubs not your thing? Look for a brown paper bag in your Herald Times early in April asking you to fill it with non-perishable foods. If you don’t get the Herald Times, or miss your bag, don’t worry—any old bag will do! Place your bag of non-perishables outside on your porch, steps, or driveway on the morning of Saturday, April 12th. Volunteers will spend the day scanning neighborhoods for donations. We are happy to send volunteers anywhere in Bloomington for a food donation, so please let us know if we missed your bag. We try our hardest to get to each neighborhood, but sometimes we do miss a few. Just call 334-8374 and we will come out for your donation!
Enjoy Scavenger Hunts??
VOLUNTEER!!
Join us on the morning of the food drive to help us pick up food! Often, when students leave Bloomington and the town slows down, the food bank’s supply of food drive items starts to dwindle—last summer we even ran out! This is a problem, because typically, the food drive we receive from the community is our highest quality input of food.
Here is how you can help:
We need individuals or groups of 2 to 5 with a vehicle to join us at the food bank by 10am to get assigned neighborhood/zone, pick up food drive bags on curbs around Bloomington, and bring it back to the food bank!
You can help out for one hour or four, it’s up to you!
Feel free to come on your own, with your spouse, children or partner, or a group of friends or coworkers and help out for a few hours.
To sign up, or if you have questions, contact Kim at volunteer@hhfoodbank.org or 812.334.8474.
2008 LFB was a major success!
Over 9,000 lbs of food were collected from Club Night and the Community Food Drive!!
Over 40 volunteers showed up on Saturday, April 7th to do paper bag pick ups across town. Join us next year for this great springtime food drive and musical event! Thanks to everyone who volunteered and donated!
April 5th bands will be playing at venues in downtown Bloomington including Bluebird, Max's, Fester's, and Jake's. On April 6th, bands will be playing at all-ages venues Rhino's and Landlocked Music. Admission is a cover charge or 2 cans of food, all proceeds going to HHFB! The 2007 LFB compilation album is available at Tracks, Landlocked, Bloomingfoods, Pitaya, ChaCha, and the Union Board office in the IMU.