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Helping Hands Food Drive

19th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

Collection On Campus: 7:30 AM – 7:30 PM

Collection Off Campus: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Inspecting, Sorting, and Packing location: Center for Student Life Atrium

Donate Today

Students - Donate Derrick Dollars Here

On-Campus collection location 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Drive up and Drop off at Center for Student Life, 301 Davis Street

Off-campus collection locations 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Walmart on Tiffin
Walmart on Trenton
Brinkmans
Great Scott on Broad Ave

Top 5 Most Requested Items:

Peanut Butter
Canned Fruit
Canned Soup
Bottled Juice
Cereal

Events

Thursday, October 26: 3rd Annual Make and Partake, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., featuring Chef Elias presenting how to make a Charcuterie Board

Friday, October 27: 3rd Annual Can-struction presented by Student Government Association kick off at 5 p.m.

2023 Sculpture Theme: “Scare Away Hunger”
Constructing starts Friday Oct. 27 5 p.m. until Tuesday, Oct. 31 5 p.m.
Three winners – Most Creative, Peoples Choice and Most Pounds

Monday, October 28 – Wednesday, November 1: Hancock School Golden Can Competition

Area schools compete to collect and donate the most pounds per person in school
Winning school get a pizza party and the Golden Can Trophy

Wednesday, November 1: Helping Hands Food Drive 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Home Base – Center for Student Life Atrium

All food collected off campus arrive and is

Inspected
Sorted
Packed
Weight recorded throughout the day

UF Campus Challenge

Campus is divided up by Colleges and Divisions
Compete to see which area collects and donates the most pounds of food per person on the team
Winning College/Division gets the Emsweller Cup to display in their area all year

Thursday, November 2:

8 a.m. - Food Load out and delivered to CHOPIN Hal. Thank you Garner Trucking
Noon - Helping Hands Award Ceremony Center
for Student Life 301 Davis Street, Atrium

Thank you to our sponsors and volunteers
Announce Number of Pounds Collected/Donated
Announce Winner of the Golden Can Award
Announce Winner of Canstruction
Announce Winner of the UF Campus Challenge

Thank you to the Findlay community for helping

with the 17th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive

Donating 238,732 lbs. of Food

Without the Helping Hands Food Drive, the homeless might go a day without food, or a struggling mother’s kids might have empty bellies for the night. When you donate, you ease the struggle that individuals have to go through. Donating to Helping Hands is definitely a great thing you can do!

In 2022, the goal was 215,000 pounds, it was exceeded and set a new school record! A total of 238,732 pounds of food was collected during the 24-hour marathon event. Two semi truckloads were needed to move 64 pallets of food that were collected and delivered to CHOPIN (Christians Helping Other People in Need) Hall food pantry.

Special thanks go to Garner Trucking Inc. for generously donating food and supplying two semi-trucks to accommodate all food transportation to CHOPIN Hall; Campbell's Soup Company, which made a substantial donation; and Walmart, which also donated a large amount along with providing community donation locations for food drop-offs.

2022 Facts

3,234 jars of peanut butter were collected (the most requested item).
McComb Middle School won The Golden Can Award donating 5.2 lbs. per person.
The College of Business won the faculty & staff challenge donating 1184 lbs. per person.
To date: 1,336,695 total pounds have been collected and donated by the University of Findlay and Sodexo.

Helping Hands Collection History
Year	Total Pounds Collected	Facts
2023	297,897 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2022	238,732 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2021	214,599 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2020	165,735 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2019	115,867 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2018	111,436 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2017	97,465 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2016	74,446 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2015	64,392 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2014	49,957 lbs.	Second highest total in the history of the event. Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2013	55,022 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2012	47,287 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2011	37,271 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2010	26,324 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2009	17,825 lbs.	New record! Finishing first among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2008	12,641 lbs.	New record! Finishing third among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected.
2007	6,544 lbs.	New record! Finishing second among college campuses nationwide for pounds of food collected
2006	994 lbs.	This is the first year the food drive was introduced to all college campuses across the United States.