Required Food Drive Recipient Workshop!

Continuing on with the WION Tradition, the Community Food Network will be coordinating the 5 Annual County-Wide Food Drive! Donations will be collected throughout Ionia County to support up to 10 non-profit organizations helping families in Ionia County.

Several local supporting businesses and organizations will be conducting mini-drives from October 26th & November 22nd. This includes several schools, fire departments, and other supporting groups. A full list of mini-drive locations will be available in October.

Donations will all be gathered at the Ionia Intermediate School District on November 22nd where they will be sorted by volunteers. Recipient agencies will gather on November 23rd to pick up donations.

Non-profits interested in applying must attend a Registration Workshop on September 30th. Volunteers will be available to help you from 4-7pm at the MSU Extension Office. You may send any representative from your organization!

Information needed to register:

• Contact Information for the organization's director/coordinator. 
• Contact Information for the Food Drive Coordinator. 
• Approximate number of volunteers assisting on Nov. 23rd. (Your organization must bring 4-6 volunteers to pack up food. Additional volunteers will be reassigned. 
• An online registration form will be available at the Registration Meeting. If your representative is unable to fill out the form at the meeting, they will be given a link that can be filled out online. The registration form must be filled out by October 11th! 

Organizations serving residents of Ionia County exclusively will receive priority. Should the Community Food Network receive more than 10 legitimate registrations, we reserve the right to choose recipients from all qualified organizations.  Please register for this workshop at http://liveunitedm-i.galaxydigital.com/volunteer/agency/need/?need_id=18904 or email your RSVP to Penny at iccfoodnetwork@gmail.com

Volunteers needed!

This workshop will have about 6 stations for food pantries/agencies to work their way through.  Volunteers are needed to set up stations, assist food pantries with the registration process, and hand out supplies.

Get Connected

The Community Food Network will be trying this new Volunteer Management website provided by United Way Montcalm-Ionia Counties and Volunteers Connections.  The County-wide Food Drive has been set up with many Volunteer Opportunities.  Check out Get Connected to see where you can volunteer!

Updated information about this year food drive will be available at www.ioniahost.com/fooddrive.html where print materials will be available for easy downloading and posting inside your organization or emailed out to email chains.

Please direct any questions you may have to Penny Beeman at 616-755-8050 or iccfoodnetwork@gmail.com