How To Help Feed a Family in Need

Consider cyber-sponsoring a needy family. Choose a community you’d like to help, and Family-to-Family will assign a family to you. All it takes is a minimum monthly credit or debit card donation of $25, which will be used to buy groceries for the family you’re sponsoring.

Want to be more hands-on? Start your own Family-to-Family Chapter. FTF provides all the tools and support you need. To start, find four to nine families to join you in sponsoring a matching number of needy families. Download a sample recruitment letter and Help Feed a Family in Need toolkit at CreateTheGood.org/HowTo.

Once you have your chapter members, contact FTF for a list of families to sponsor. Try to match donors with families who have children of the same gender but a bit younger; that way, the sponsoring family can also pass on gently used clothing.

Decide on your chapter’s type of sponsorship: Food Box, where you ship groceries to your family every month, or the Cyber-Local Grocery option, where you provide the funds for the recipient family to do their own food shopping. The latter saves you shipping costs and also allows the family flexibility to choose what they like, including perishables.

If you’ve chosen Food Box, each member family packs a carton of groceries for their recipient family every month. Involve children and grandchildren so they learn the value of empathy and the importance of giving to those who are less fortunate. Ship the boxes to your community contact; they’ll deliver them to your families. For guidance on what to send, go to CreateTheGood.org/HowTo.

Once a month, ask group members to purchase a non-food necessity for their family, like a personal care product. Send them to your community contact for distribution.

Encourage others to start their own groups, so the chain of giving grows. And sleep easier, knowing that one less family is going to bed hungry, thanks to you.