How To Donate

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Give food items

NEFB accepts all types of food donations in all quantities. While we cannot accept food that is prepared at home, we accept leftover food from catered events prepared in a commercial kitchen. Proper temperature of food is required (refrigerated or frozen). Non-perishable donations can be dropped off 24 hours a day at our head office along Barrack Road, Jimeta Yola. Perishable donations can be dropped off at our warehouse Monday through Friday from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Click here for our list of most-needed items.

Food drives

Food drives bring in quality “meal-maker” non-perishable food items that are in extremely high demand. They are great team-building opportunities that make a huge impact on hunger in the St. Louis region.

Hosting a drives

• Check out the list of our most-needed items. Download List.
• The timetable for your drive is entirely up to you. Kindly use our logo and tag us on social media at @NEFB.
• Food drive parades work well during this time of social distancing. Designate a day or weekend for donation drop-off. Choose a location where donors can easily drive by, pop open a trunk, and volunteers can unload the donations from the vehicles.
• After the food drive, please bring the donations to the NEFB warehouse at the Big Family Foundation office. Food donations can be brought to our facility at any time, regardless of whether the staff is on-site.

Hold a fundraiser for NEFB

A third-party fundraiser is an event planned by an individual, group, or organization to raise monetary donations to benefit Northeast Food Bank or one of its specific programs.

Make an impact with your event or activity

People and organizations in the BAY States and beyond can host a third-party fundraiser benefiting Northeast Food Bank. Proceeds support our mission to provide food today and help create a hunger-free tomorrow.

Business donation

An excess inventory of wholesome food can easily be donated to NEFB. We will provide a digital or paper receipt for your records/taxes.

Who can donate

• Restaurants
• Grocery stores
• Manufacturers
• Farmers
• Wholesalers
• Truck companies (refused product)

What to donate

• Over-produced or overrun product
• Product with minor packaging flaws
• Close-dated product
• Label or pack changes
• The product being phased out of inventory
• Canceled events

How to donate

• Products can be delivered to our warehouse along Barracks Road, adjacent Silver Car wash between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Northeast Food bank can pick up the product from your location.

For urgent donation, please contact us as soon as possible. Call Mr. Samuel (+234) 703 318 0897

If this is a weekend pickup, we will need advance notice of at least 3 days.

Give time volunteer

Join Our Volunteer Community

Our generous and dedicated volunteers are the backbone of our organization. It takes many helping hands to provide food and services to 1,500 people every month. The hours contributed by volunteers save our organization hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, making possible many of our free programs and services.

Volunteer opportunities

• Food distribution
• Nutrition education
• Special events
• Gleaning

How to become a volunteer

Inquires?
Need help signing up?
Contact Halima Daniels at Hr@bf360.org or +234 903 156 5558

We look forward to having you join us!