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THE NJ FEDERATION OF FOOD BANKS

PRESENTS

Students Change Hunger

FOOD AND FUND DRIVE

HANDBOOK

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The New Jersey Federation of Food Banks (“the Federation”) is a consortium of five separately incorporated and independent nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the collection and distribution of charitable food to those that are at risk of hunger in our state. The Federation comprises of the Community Food Bank of

New Jersey, the FoodBank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties, Food Bank of South Jersey, Mercer Street Friends and NORWESCAP. Together, the

Federation provides over 60 million pounds of emergency food, distributed through every county in the state.

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WHAT’S H.U.N.G.E.R?

ere in New Jersey over a million people don‟t have enough to eat - The NJ Federation of Food

Banks provides food to hundreds of thousands of our neighbors in danger of going without a

holiday meal. From September 16th

to November 22nd

, all New Jersey pre-school, elementary, intermediate,

middle and high schools, colleges and universities, both public and private, are eligible to participate.

ndertake this challenge and WIN $5,000 for your local food bank - The winning school of the

Governor’s Cup will win $5,000 for their local food bank. REGISTER TODAY at

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O one should go hungry this holiday season - The NJ Federation of Food Banks distributes

roughly 60 million pounds of food to approximately 1.2 million NJ residents each year. The food is

distributed through our network of over 2,000 agencies which include food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters

for the homeless, daycare programs, synagogues and churches, and other types of smaller feeding

organizations.

overnor‟s Cup - The objective of Students Change Hunger is to mobilize students, from pre-

school to college level, to raise money and collect non-perishable food for their regional food

banks while competing for the prestigious Governor’s Cup. Endorsed by Governor Christie, the Governor’s

Cup is an annual award bestowed on the school that achieves the greatest results through inventive marketing

and advocacy efforts.

nding hunger is our goal – With over 1.2 million New Jersey residents in need of food assistance,

there is a lot of work to be done. However, with each passing year, the NJ Federation of Food

Banks is distributing more and more food, and finding new ways to create a larger impact throughout the

state.

emember those who are hungry this holiday season - 19% of children in New Jersey don‟t know

where their next meal will come from.

Visit www.studentschangehunger.org and register your school to enter today.

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How can Students Change Hunger?

FUN-RAISING AND CREATIVE FOOD DRIVE IDEAS

A tough economy and high unemployment have pushed demand for

emergency food to record levels in New Jersey, making community

support more important than ever. Your efforts will make a big

difference to the more than 1.2 million people who struggle with hunger

in our state.

Both food and funds matter – Community food and fund drives provide nutritious food and

vital operating funds for your local food bank while raising awareness of hunger issues in our

state and communities.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

1. Schools must register online for the competition at www.studentschangehunger.org to qualify for

prizes/awards.

2. Each school must nominate and register a non-student Coordinator, such as a teacher, parent, club

advisor or PTA member, who will communicate directly with the food bank. The Coordinator will

oversee and organize all aspects of Students Change Hunger at their school. Coordinators must submit

a completed registration form and agree to the Students Change Hunger rules.

3. Schools must deliver the food to the food bank or other official drop-off points.

4. Prior to delivery, check your local food bank‟s delivery hours.

5. Schools must provide their own boxes/bins to store goods until delivery.

6. When a food donation is made to the food bank, a poundage receipt needs to be filled out and

submitted.

7. Donations that are made prior to November 1st get a 10% weight bonus.

8. Bottled water and frozen turkeys cannot be donated.

TIMELINE:

The campaign begins September 16th

and ends November 22nd

at 4:30pm.

On December 9th

each food bank will announce their respective division winners as well as select 5

nominees for the Governor’s Cup award.

The Governor’s Cup will be presented to the winning school at an award ceremony (date to be

determined) in January or February 2014.

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FOOD DRIVES

There are many different ways to run a school or district wide food drive. Often schools/districts offer free

admittance to a school sporting or cultural event to anyone who contributes a non-perishable food item. Other

schools choose to create excitement with the students by using a theme over a designated period of time.

Listed below are some creative ideas and themes which encourage donations of the items needed most by the

food bank:

MOST NEEDED ITEMS

o Canned Fish

o Canned Meats

o Boxed Meals

o Pasta

o Pasta Sauce (no glass please)

o Rice

o Canned Soup

o Canned Gravy

o Mac & Cheese

o Peanut Butter (no glass please)

o Jelly (no glass please)

o Canned Vegetables

o Canned Fruit

o Granola Snacks

o Cereal

o Shelf Stable (non-refrigerated) Juice

o We‟ve made downloadable posters at www.studentschangehunger.org that you can print to

promote the food drive.

P.S. DON‟T FORGET: Work with your local media. Publicize the event. Send press

releases.

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These are just a few tips to give ideas on how to have fun for a worthy cause. We offer you in advance many

thanks for your time and support.

PROMOTE YOUR FOOD DRIVE

Set a goal for how much food and how many dollars you want to collect, track the progress, and

announce final results.

Create a display board to show hunger statistics, track progress, etc.

Create challenges between departments, classes, clubs, teams, etc. For instance, a winning class

could get a free pizza party.

Offer incentives such as gift certificates, casual dress days or a special parking spot for the top

contributor.

Schedule a fun kick-off event to create interest in the food drive.

CREATIVE IDEAS TO BUILD AWARENESS

Distribute posters and flyers. Include the list of most needed items.

Send an e-mail blast, or use social media to outline the need and promote ways of participating.

Submit an announcement of the food drive to your local newspaper or your school‟s newsletter.

Request a tour of the food bank. Ask your department or group to tour the facility to get a firsthand

look at the food bank operations, and what is involved in the day to day needs of the agency/clients.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD

Have your friends, family, supporters receive the latest news about your local food bank‟s important

programs, upcoming fun-raising events, volunteer opportunities, news and important announcements by

joining our Friends of the Food Bank Program. Simply download the form at

www.studentschangehunger.org or make copies of the form provided in this handbook.

CREATIVE IDEAS:

Visible Goals - Create a “thermometer” or chart to track the progress of your event‟s fundraising and

food donation goals.

Competitions - Create competitions between classrooms, departments, clubs or teams to see who will

collect the most donations. Use number of items donated to determine the winner. Make sure the

winners get a special prize for their winning donation!

Canstructure - Have different departments/grades build items out of canned goods. Students could

then vote with their spare change on the structure they like best. The winning team would receive a

prize. All the canned goods and funds are then donated to the food bank.

The Guessing Game - The simplest version is a large jar filled with virtually any item as long as it

takes a lot of them to fill the jar. Candy is a great item. Participants then pay $1 to guess how many

items are in the jar. The closest guess wins the contents of the jar.

Pyramid Power - Have teams build a pyramid of food. Or ask teams to bring foods representing the

nutritional food pyramid.

Loose Change - Have a “loose change” bin or container in your school‟s cafeteria or break room. As

students and teachers eat lunch, they can put their loose change in the collection bin to be donated to

your food bank.

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Penny Wars - Find large plastic jars, place in rooms and have a race to see who can fill up their jars

with pennies. Adding bills to an opposing team‟s jar requires them to subtract money from their total

amount (if you put in a $5 bill, the other team takes $5 off their total).

Fundraisers - Ideas include bake sales, car washes, breakfasts, lunches, or concerts.

Jeans Day - For the right price let teachers (or students) wear jeans one day!

Hunger Fast - Encourage your group/club/team to skip one meal or one latte, giving what money

they would have spent on the skipped meal to the Pound$ for Dollar$.

Bag Hunger - Plastic or paper bags are distributed to students to take home and return full of food.

Include the most wanted food items located on www.studentschangehunger.org.

Meat the Needs - Help provide a much needed item to the food bank by holding a canned meat

drive.

Souper Bowl Food Drive - Collect dry soup, canned soup, canned meals and crackers.

Designate days of the week for specific food donations - Macaroni Monday, Tuna Tuesday,

Wheaties Wednesday or Whatever Wednesday, Think of Others Thursday, Fruity Friday.

Special Events - You can connect your food drive with a special event, using four or more cans of

food as a full or reduced admission.

Football Season „Tackle Hunger‟ - Offer free or discounted admission for non-perishable food

items.

Hold a “Canned Immunity” Day - For example, forgive library fines or being out of uniform.

Canned Goods Admission - Accept canned goods in lieu of a monetary admission price for

concerts, programs, presenters, etc.

Stuff the Bus or Pack the Pick up - Pack up a vehicle and take a ride to the food bank.

P.S. DON’T FORGET: You are doing important work. Your efforts will make a difference. Remind yourself and others to have fun!

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THE GOVERNOR‟S CUP

The objective of the Students Change Hunger is to mobilize students, from pre-

school to college level, to collect food and funds for their regional food banks

while competing for the prestigious Governor’s Cup.

Endorsed by Governor Christie, the Governor’s Cup is an annual award

bestowed on the school that achieves superiority in the following categories: Creative Promotional

Campaign, Engagement of the Outside Community, Hunger Advocacy and Educational Impact, In School

Special Events, Student Leadership. All of these categories are defined with examples on our website

www.studentschangehunger.org The category of Advocacy is covered below.

ADVOCACY

LEARN

Watch a film about hunger and write a review to share.**

Read a book about hunger and write a summary to pass onto your teacher or share.**

Invite a guest speaker to an assembly to talk about hunger.

Visit a hunger information website to learn some facts about hunger**

SHARE

Tell what you know – tell 5 friends, family, or neighbors 5 facts about the hunger facing our nation.

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve – design and wear a tee shirt.

Art can be a powerful voice – draw a picture, write a poem, make a video about hunger, pass it on!

Write an article for your school newsletter about the hunger facing our country.

CONNECT

Find out who your elected officials are by visiting www.congress.org; post it on a bulletin board.

Write a letter, email or call an elected official, tell them what you know about hunger and why it is important.

Invite an elected official to your school during the food drive.

LEAD

Organize a hunger advocacy group at your school and be the link to pass on information all year long.

Organize a Wear Your Heart on your Sleeve school campaign and designate a Wear Your Heart day at school

to wear them.

Organize and visit an elected official at their local office.

Write an article for your school or local newspaper about hunger that encourages others to learn more and do

something about the problem.

**Resources provided on next page

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FILM LIST

Food Inc. - 2008 American documentary film critically examines corporate farming in the United States.

Food Stamped - An informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a

healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Their adventures expose challenges and difficulties in

America‟s broken food system.

Cafeteria Man – The documentary film chronicles an ambitious effort to „green‟ the public school client

serving 83,000 students in Baltimore.

Waging A Living - A 2005 documentary film that addresses the issue of the American Dream and examines

the lives of four Americans in California and the Northeast who work full-time jobs, but are still having

trouble making ends meet.

The Garden – South Central L.A. Farmers have created a miracle, the largest community garden in the United

States in one of the country‟s most blighted neighborhoods.

Sesame Street: Growing Hope against Hunger - Primetime special produced by Sesame Workshop presents

families‟ personal stories to raise awareness of the widespread issue of hunger in the United States, as well as

strategies that have helped these families find resources and grow stronger together.

http://www.soptv.org/sesame-street-growing-hope-against-hunger/

BOOK LIST

FICTION for YOUNG

Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting – A child‟s eye view of the problem of homelessness.

Getting‟ Through Thursday by Melrose Cooper – A story about a young boy dealing with impoverished

conditions and the side effects of poverty.

Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan – The story of a young boy‟s introduction to

work in a community kitchen.

FICTION for TEENS/ADULTS

The Lunch Thief by Anne C. Bromley - Rafael is angry that a new student is stealing lunches, but he takes

time to learn what the real problem is before acting.

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman and Judy Pedersen - One by one, a number of people of varying ages and

backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden.

The Double Life of Zoe Flynn by Janet Lee Carey– Zoe Flynn tries to keep her classmates from knowing she

is homeless. A moving novel about hope, family, friendship and the true definition of a home.

Sidewalk Story by Sharon Bell Mathis - When her best friend's family is evicted from their apartment, a nine-

year-old girl decides to become an advocate and does something about the situation.

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NON-FICTON for TEENS/ADULTS

Nickeled and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich – Compelling book that looks at the challenges of being a part of

the working poor through the eyes of an undercover journalist.

World Hunger: Twelve Myths by Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph Collins and Peter Rosset – Addresses the

myths about hunger and poverty in developing and developed countries that keep us from approaching and

addressing the problem.

The Working Poor Invisible in America by David Shipler - Braced by hard fact and personal testimony, the

author unravels the forces that confine people in the quagmire of low wages. And unlike most works on

poverty, this book also offers compelling portraits of employers struggling against razor-thin profits and

competition from abroad.

Food Matters by Mark Bittman – The award winning culinary author‟s plan for responsible eating that's as

good for the planet as it is for your weight and your health.

WEBSITES

www.feedingamerica.org - Map the Meal Gap Study - Hunger Statistics by local area

www.frac.org – Food Research and Action Center, Program Statistics by state, hunger policy studies

www.njahc.org – New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition for Statewide Policy Information

www.endhungernj.org – End Hunger NJ a project of the Hunger Prevention Advisory Committee with

information from where to get help to nutrition and hunger statistics

http://www.lsnj.org/PovResrch.htm - Legal Services of NJ, Poverty Research Institute

Poverty Benchmark Reports

www.acnj.org – Advocates for Children in New Jersey, NJ Kids Count Reports by County

SAMPLE MESSAGE

Dear ________,

I am very concerned about the issue of hunger. My school, [school name] in [town] is participating in the

Students Change Hunger campaign and is collecting food for our local food bank to help. We are doing our

part. But we need the government‟s help too. Cuts to nutrition assistance programs would hurt struggling

families in our community. The food banks will not be able to meet the high demand and increased need.

Please support our efforts to feed those in need.

Signature

Name

Address

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POUNDAGE RECEIPT FORM THIS FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT IN ITS ENTIRETY PRIOR TO DELIVERY

DATE:__________________________________

SCHOOL NAME:_________________________

TOWN:_________________________________

DIVISION (Check One):

1 (1-50 students) _________ 2 (51-150 students) ________

3 (151-400 students) ______ 4 (401-800 students) _______

5 (801-1500 students) _____ 6 (1501+ students) _________

DELIVERED BY:______________________________________ PLEASE PRINT NAME CLEARLY

By signing, you verify that no turkeys or bottled water are included in this delivery.

PHONE/CELL NUMBER:_______________________________

E-MAIL:

WEIGHT:____________________________LBS.

10% BONUS WEIGHT:_________________________________

(For food delivered prior to November 1st)

BONUS + WEIGHT TOTAL:____________________LBS.

FOODBANK SIGNATURE:______________________________

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Please print and mail this form with your donation to the food bank serving your area:

Community FoodBank of New Jersey Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Food Bank of South Jersey 31 Evans Termina l 3300 Route 66l 1501 Industrial Hwy Hillside, NJ 07205 Neptune, NJ 07753 Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Mercer Street Friends Norwescap Food Bank 830 Klockner Rd 201 North Broad St Mercerville, NJ 08619 Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Not sure which foodbank services your area? See our interactive map at www.studentschangehunger.org

I/we would like to support Students Change Hunger with a gift of :

$10 $20 $25 $35 $50 . Other $______________

A check is enclosed, made payable to my/our area foodbank (select form list above)

Please bill my:

MasterCard Visa American Express

Card# :____________________________________________________________________________ Exp. Date: ________________

Name on Card: _________________________________________ Signature: ___________________________________________

Gift Information

(please print) (required)

Donor Information

This gift represents:

Group Collection of Funds Personal Donation

Donor Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

City: ___________________________________________________State: ___________Zip: _________________________________

Phone: _________________________________________________E-Mail: _______________________________________________

(Confidential - not shared with any third parties)

School Information

Please credit the following school with this POUND$ FOR DOLLAR$ gift:

School Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Street: _________________________________________________ City: _________________________________________________

Thank You For Your Support!

POUND$ FOR DOLLAR$

For every $1 donated, your school will be credited

with 1 lb. of food.

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PHOTO RELEASE FORM

If you are going to submit photographs, video, etc., schools

are responsible for obtaining Signed Release Forms.

Participant‟s Name ___________________________:

I hereby consent to the photographing of my person and property and to the use of my name, likeness,

pictures, and/or voice by__________________, its network and affiliates of Feeding America, formerly

known as America‟s Second Harvest – the Nation‟s Food Bank Network and any additional

designees/assignees, for uses, including but not limited to broadcasting, direct exhibition, and subsidiary

purposes. I further consent to the use of my name, likeness, pictures, and/or voice with still photographs,

slides, transparencies, videotapes, and/or television presentations and other uses related to the Program,

including oral and written narratives and Program publicity and promotion, and in all media now known or

hereafter devised throughout the world (including, without limitation, the Internet).

I hereby release the above named organization, their agents, associates, and assignees from any and all claims

for damages, invasion of privacy, or any other claim based on the use of said material, and I hereby agree to

indemnify the ________________________ and Feeding America, and hold ___________ and Feeding

America harmless from any claim asserted by any third party relating to or arising out of my participation in

the Program.

I agree that my participation confers upon me no rights of ownership, whatsoever. In addition, I agree that

______________________ and Feeding America shall have the right to use my likeness for not-for-profit

education, solicitation, and information, and shall have the right to make it available for broadcast and cable

origination worldwide to make it available to media as it sees fit by all distribution mechanisms now existing

or hereafter devised (including not-for-profit distribution to homes, but not by sale or rental through

commercial video stores)._____________ and Feeding America shall also have the right to allow other media

outlets to record off-air and off-satellite and retain for information and solicitation purposes.

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:

Foodbank ______________: Participant/Grantor:

By: ____________________________ By: _______________________________

Authorized Signatory Title: ______________________________

Date: __________________________ Date: ______________________________

Address: ___________________________

Phone: _____________________________

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“FRIEND-RAISING” FORM

FRIENDS OF THE FOOD BANK PROGRAM Receive the latest news about your local food bank‟s important programs,

upcoming fun-raising events, volunteer opportunities, news and important

announcements by joining our Friends of the Food Bank Program.

Simply provide your details below and submit this form with your

poundage receipt when you drop off your food.

The Food Bank does NOT share its mailing lists or subscriber‟s information with any Third Party!

YES!! I/My Business would love to join the Friends of the Food Bank Program!

Receive information via email only

Receive information via both email and regular mail

Receive information via regular mail only

PLEASE PRINT

YOUR

NAME______________________________________________________________________________

EMAIL

ADDRESS__________________________________________________________________________

STREET

ADDRESS_________________________________________________________________________

CITY ____________________________ STATE_______________ ZIP CODE____________

Your

signature______________________________________________________________________________

I verify that I am 18 years of age or older.

Date____________________________________________________________________________________

On behalf of

School

Name________________________________________________________________________________

THANK YOU!

YOU ARE NOW AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE FOOD BANK PROGRAM!