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Community Food Collection Toolkit

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Here’s is how to start:

1. Choose how you’d like to collect donations

Traditional community food donation
Collect essential food and household items from our suggested shopping list with your workplace, school, community group, friends, or family. There’s no set theme, just a simple way to support local families.

CANstruction Challenge
Looking for a fun team activity? Create a friendly CANstruction challenge with your workplace, friends, family, or community group. Build creative structures using donated cans and essential items, then donate everything to help local people in need. Learn more about the CANstruction challenge here.

2. Lock in your dates

Decide when your Community Food Collection starts and finishes.

3. Register with us

Fill out the registration form
We’re here to help every step of the way. If you have any questions, you can contact our team on 6293 6500, email admin@commsatwork.org

4. Download the toolkit

Click here to get everything you need to run and promote your drive.

– A printable poster

– Social media graphics and text

– A suggested food donations list

– Certificate of Appreciation

5. Start collecting food donations

Set up your collection point using our resources and start collecting donations from your community.

6. Donate and share

Pack up the food and deliver it to one of our centres in Tuggeranong or Gungahlin.

Don’t forget to thank your supporters and send us your best photos — we may feature them to inspire others!

Register today and start creating something that makes a real difference for the Canberra community.

Food/Clothing Donation Drive

Thank you for choosing to support Communities at Work. Every donation goes directly back to the community. Please fill the form below - this will help us make your donation process seamless. Our team will be in touch with you to confirm your drop-off. Thanks for making a difference to those who need the most in our community!

Contact Details

Name(Required)
If this donation is on behalf of an organisation, please inform the organisation name.

Drop off booking

Please note: Small food donations (e.g. a couple of bags of food) can be drop off to multiple locations - no booking required.
Visit our Donate Food and Other Essentials Page to find a drop off point near you.
Big volumes of food donations (e.g. multiple boxes or pallets), require bookings.

What are you donating?
Preferred Drop off location(Required)
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Drop offs can be booked from Monday to Friday.

Acknowledging Your Support

We would like to say thanks and promote our supporters.
If you are an individual, we can give you a shout out on our socials. Sharing your testimonial might inspire others to also lend a helping hand.
If you are donating on behalf of an organisation, please send your logo in PNG to marketing@commsatwork.org

Can we use your testimonial in our marketing materials?(Required)
How did you hear about us?(Required)

Resources in the Toolkit

Here are some words to help you promote your Community Food Collection. You can, of course, use your own words too!

TEXT:

With the rising cost of living, more local families are struggling to afford everyday essentials and put food on the table.

That’s why we’re running a Community Food Collection to help stock the Communities at Work community pantries, which provide free and low-cost food to local people doing it tough.

If you’re able to help, please bring a donation to [insert collection point] by [insert end date]. Tinned food, pasta, rice, cereal and long-life food are especially needed right now.

Every donation, big or small, helps local families feel supported during difficult times.

Learn more: www.commsatwork.org/get-involved/

If you’d like to use photos rather than graphics to help promote your food drive or to give people ideas on CANstruction structures, here are some to choose from.

Photo of food pantry

Download the poster to place in your workplace/community space to spread the word about your donation drive and where to bring their donations.

Download Poster

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