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Make charitable donations
Consider making financial donations to charitable organizations that support anti-hunger programs in your area. Ask your Human Resources representative if your company can arrange for employees to donate through a payroll deduction to a nonprofit agency of your choice.

Second Harvest Food Bank has a variety of ways for you make a tax-deductible charitable donation. For more information, visit the Ways to Donate section of our website.

Run A Food and Fund Drive
Running a food drive can be done in 10 Easy Steps. The following steps and ideas will help guide you and trigger your imagination for other creative ideas to raise food and money. All necessary forms may also be found on the Food Drive Forms Page. If at any time you need help, don't hesitate to contact the Food Drive Coordinator.

Volunteer at an organization that helps the hungry
Participate in activities such as food sorts or repackaging, distributing food at a pantry, delivering food to a homebound senior or serving food at a local shelter or soup kitchen.

To learn more or to make an appointment to volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank please visit the Volunteer section of our website.

Additional volunteer activities in the Bay Area can be found at the VolunteerMatch website at www.volunteermatch.org.

Become a hunger advocate
Frequently, legislative issues about hunger need your voice. If you are interested in learning about current issues and would like to help by calling, writing, or emailing your local legislators, let us know by sending an email to . We will send you occasional email notices about advocacy opportunities.

Learn more about the issues by visiting advocacy websites such as Food Research and Action Center at www.frac.org or California Food Policy Advocates at www.cfpa.org.

Plant a row for the hungry in your garden
The San Jose Mercury News Plant-A-Row program provides free gardening kits to encourage you donate a row of vegetables or fruit from your garden to a local organization. For more information about this program or to receive your free starter kit, contact Sevanna Sandoval at (408) 920-5241 or email The San Jose Mercury News at features@sjmercury.com.