Businesses can sponsor a private packing or event at our facility.
- Food Bag Packings – We love hosting businesses to provide a team building experience while helping us pack the weekly bags. In addition to your time, we ask for a donation to offset the cost of the food.
Or, if you’d prefer to host an event on our behalf, we are always grateful to receive snack bags or items from a collection drive.
- Snack Packings – We’re happy to include prepared bags of snacks in our bags whenever possible. Volunteers can purchase items such as granola bars, cheese crackers, fruit snacks, raisins, chex mix, or goldfish (please do not include candy or nuts), pack five or six items in ziploc bags, and drop the packed bags off at our facility. Be sure to coordinate with our Operations team so we can prepare for the donation.
- Collections – We do a large collection of winter accessories including hats, gloves, scarves, and socks throughout the fall to be distributed to schools in December. If you’d like to arrange a drive we can provide a collection bin. We also provide hygiene items throughout the year if you would like to collect them at any time. The most requested items are toothbrushes, toothpaste, and deodorant. We can accept smaller amounts dropped off at our facility or you can order off our Amazon wishlist.
To set up a volunteer opportunity please email us at volunteer@weekendbackpacks.org.
