Ways to Give Help
Your donations at work in our community: The Food Bank of El Dorado County is a collaborative network of local charities. When you make a contribution to the Food Bank, your donation helps non-profit establishments throughout El Dorado County. No other single non-profit can help so many. Your dollar simply goes further here. Efficiency is of high importance to us. We know that every penny adds up, and every penny saved can help someone else in our community. In these challenging economic times, good families are struggling in El Dorado County. Please join us in our efforts to help our community and end “hidden hunger.”
Monetary Donations
There are thousands of families and individuals in El Dorado County who cannot afford to meet their basic nutritional needs. When you donate food, money, or time to the Food Bank of El Dorado County, you ensure a single mother can feed her child, a local senior citizen is able to receive a bag full of groceries, or that a child can enjoy a nutritious meal.
Donate Food
Every food donation helps in the fight to end hunger in communities throughout El Dorado County. We gladly accept both perishable and non-perishable food donations. For the address, directions, and hours of operations, visit our About page.
Host a Food Drive
When you organize a food drive in your workplace, congregation or community group, you can rest assured that your contribution is dedicated to immediate use in our community. We can assist your organization to hold an event to benefit the Food Bank, either through food or monetary donations.
Planned Giving
The Food Bank of El Dorado County is grateful to those who remember the less fortunate through estate planning. You have a number of options if you’re considering the Food Bank in your will or living trust. Whether you make a bequest of a specific dollar amount, give a designated percentage of your estate, or
leave the Food Bank a full or partial remainer of your estate, a charitable bequest is a flexible and simple way to make hunger relief part of your legacy. We would love to sit down with your family personally and discuss the different options for including the Food Bank in your
giving plans.
Host a Fund Drive
When you organize a fund drive in your workplace, congregation or community group, you can rest assured that your contribution is dedicated to immediate use in our community. We can assist your organization to hold an event to benefit the Food Bank, either through food or monetary donations.
Donate Hygiene Supplies
The Food Bank of El Dorado County is excited to work with Girl Scout Avni Villuri in initiating the Hygiene Project. We will now be accepting hygiene supplies such as soaps, sanitizers, toothbrushes, etc. These much needed donated items will then be given to those in need.