What You Can Do

Join the fight against hunger! Operation Feed will kick-off in March and continue through June.  There are several ways you can get involved:

• organize a food and/or funds campaign through a workplace, association or organization,
• hold a Virtual Food Drive and invite friends and family to donate on your behalf,
• participate in community-wide events held to benefit Operation Feed.
• sign up for our Education and Events email update to stay informed.

Choose your favorite method, and join your neighbors, your co-workers, your faith community,
your friends and your family members to raise food and funds for those who desperately
need them—because no one should go hungry.

Workplace / organizational Campaign

If your workplace or organization has an Operation Feed campaign, participate and encourage colleagues to get involved. If not, ask your leaders to consider getting on board. Campaigns are rewarding and impactful! They are also a fun way to boost morale, promote team building and offer leadership development opportunities. Events, contests and other creative activities make it convenient for everyone to come together and help others. Operation Feed provides structure and support for your activities, including training sessions, materials and guidance.

Are you interested in running a campaign through your organization? Listen to local young professionals talk about how their employers are involved, or watch how Alliance Data, a long time Operation Feed participant, creatively engages its associates. Read our 2011 Information Packet  or contact an Operation Feed team member to learn more. You can also hold a food drive during other times of the year.

Virtual Food Drive

The web-based Virtual Food Drive tool is a quick and easy way to get a family, club, organization or association involved in the fight against hunger. Set-up a fundraising page (or team) and email your friends, family members and co-workers, giving them the opportunity to make a secure online donation (you can also make an individual contribution).

Read more about ways to leverage the virtual drive, or get instructions for setting up your page. It's easy to start your drive, and it doesn’t take a lot to make a lot of difference. Every dollar raised provides two meals! Consider the following examples:

• $10—packing lunch for a few days instead of buying out—provides 30 meals for a worker just laid-off from his job.
• $50—renting a movie at home instead of buying movie tickets and snacks for a family of four—provides 100 meals for a hard-working single mother and her children
• $100—cutting-out one grande coffee each week for a year—provides 300 meals for an elderly couple on a fixed income.

Upcoming Community Events

DINNER ON A DIME: Local Foods Edition

Come celebrate Hunger Action Month and gear up for Local Foods Week! In partnership with Local Matters, Operation YP presents its third event: “Dinner On A Dime: Local Foods Edition.” Join us Thursday, September 22nd, at North Market’s Dispatch Kitchen for a fun and educational program featuring a cooking demonstration with Local Matters Executive Director and chef, Michael Jones; pick up cooking tips and tricks, sample tasty local foods recipes, learn about the issue of hunger & local food systems, mingle with other Columbus foodies and professionals. Networking, local beer/wine pairings at The Barrel & Bottle, door prize drawings, and more! A suggested donation benefits Mid-Ohio Foodbank. . Learn more or reserve tickets here.

Past Events

Foodfight–eat out to fight hunger will benefit Operation Feed again this year. In partnership with Mid-Ohio Foodbank, the Central Ohio Restaurant Association organizes a group of local restaurants that generously volunteer to dedicate a portion of one day's sales to people in need. Guests can choose a participating restaurant and enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner (coffee breaks, happy hours and late night outings, too!) on Wednesday, June 20, with 5% of the check benefitting Operation Feed.

Last year's Foodfight was a huge success! In just one day, over 50,000 meals were raised! Visit www.foodfighthunger.org to view all of the fantastic restaurants that will be on board this year.… and stay tuned for for a final tally!


The National Association of Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” drive will take place on Saturday, May 12. Residents can place bags of non-perishable food items near their mailboxes. Letter carriers  will pick up the food contributions and deliver them to local food banks. The 2011 event, sponsored by Campbell Soup Company, the U.S. Postal Service, Feeding America, Valpak, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association raised over 95,500 pounds of food for Mid-Ohio Foodbank! View "Stamp Out Hunger" photos.

To learn about other events and promotions benefitting Operation Feed, check out Upcoming Events at Mid-Ohio Foodbank.