The South Plains Food Bank’s 36th Annual U Can Share Holiday Food Drive is a community-wide effort to feed those in need across the South Plains.
Fast Facts:
- The South Plains Food Bank has a 20 county service area.
- Across the South Plains, the Food Bank reaches 1 in 8 people.
- 1 in 4 children in our community is considered food-insecure.
- In our rural communities, 1 in 3 children is considered food-insecure.
- Food-insecurity – the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
- Annually, we serve 57,000 friends in need over 403,300 times.
- We are able to serve the hungry in our community through a partnership with over 170 charitable agencies.
- Every $1 donated to the food bank provides 4 meals.
- Website: www.spfb.org
History:
U Can Share began as a service of Skip Watson & KCBD News Channel 11 in November of 1982
Main Headquarters:
United Supermarkets, 4th and Milwaukee
Date of Drive: Monday, December 3rd, through Saturday, December 8th, 2018
• U Can Share Events:
o Check-Out Hunger: All United Supermarkets & Market Street locations
o On-Line Auction: www.spfb.org/ucanshare2018
o On-Line Donations: www.spfb.org/ucanshare2018
o Scouting for Food: Boy Scouts Door-to-Door Pick-Up, Saturday, December 8th
o Various Food & Fund Drives throughout the area
1 in 8 people are affected by hunger in our area. Hunger is closer than you think.
Goal: 250,000 meals (300,000 pounds of canned food and dry goods) and $150,000 cash (equivalent to 450,000 meals)
Mission: 1 in 7 people across the South Plains are food insecure. 1 in 4 are children. The food and funds collected during the drive help us serve the hungry well into the new year for families in need.
Serving: Over 180 agencies & churches help provide 18,000 meals a week and food to over 57,000 unduplicated people each year.
Supporting: The SPFB services 20 counties with a population of over 500,000 people. We currently serve 58,000 out of the 96,000 people who are food insecure.
Needed Items: Please NO glass, frozen food, home canned goods, or fresh meat
Peanut Butter
Cereal
Macaroni and Cheese
Rice
Dry beans
Canned vegetables
Canned fruits
Canned Tuna
Canned chicken
Canned ham
SPAM
Soup with meat
Dry pasta
Hamburger helper
Spaghetti sauce
Crackers
Canned food and dry goods of all types
Non-perishable foods
You can make a difference too!!!
