What makes a food drive successful? Finding the perfect location to hold the event? Sure. Promotion and advertising? Absolutely. But more than anything else, it takes a leader who is passionate about the cause, can communicate the importance of making a donation, and can convince others to take action.
Which brings us to Chase Haffner, a teen from New Jersey. As a member of the National Junior Honor Society, Chase needed to do a project which demonstrated leadership and citizenship. He decided he wanted to hold a food drive to help provide meals for the nearly 120,000 people, including 1 in 7 children, in Monmouth and Ocean Counties who are facing hunger every day.
From February 28-March 7, Chase started asking his family, friends, and neighbors if they could donate non-perishable items to help fight hunger in New Jersey. With that simple question, he inspired his community and was able to collect more than 140 pounds of food -- enough to provide 115 meals.
Special thanks go out to our partners at Lowy's Moving Service, a Wheaton agent, who volunteered to pick up and deliver all of the donations to The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
With kids like Chase leading the next generation, we might just have a chance to end hunger once and for all.
Follow Chase's lead -- host a food drive in your community!
