Mail Carriers Food Drive 2013

Last Saturday (May 11th) was our Annual Mail Carriers Food Drive! Residents left donations for the pantry on their porches. All Saturday afternoon donations were collected and brought to FISH to be sorted. We collected over 20000 pounds of food!!

So THANK YOU!
This wouldn't have been possible with out the countless donations and support from the community.

Also, a big thank you to:
-FISH Volunteers
-AmVets Post 8
-Grace Lutheran
-NHS Volunteers
-Galesburg United Way
-Knox College
-Knox Colleges Blessings In A Backpack
-Galesburg High School
-Target
-All other Volunteers


We had an incredible amount of volunteers who gave their time to help us out. So thank you to each and every one of them!

Here's some pictures from the drive:

One of the many drop offs throughout the day.

Volunteers sort food that was collected from around the community.

 Boxes and Boxes! Oh my! Some of the many boxes that fill the pantry!

 Knox College's Blessings In a Backpack Volunteers sort food.

The wall of FISH is now lined with stacks and stacks of canned goods!

Upcoming Food Drive!

Calling all Galesburg Residents!

This Saturday May 11th is FISHs Annual MAIL CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE! So leave food on your porches for the mail carriers to pick up! 

Interested in Volunteering? 
We'll be sorting at the Pantry from 10am-5pm. Email us at fishfoodgalesburg@gmail.com or call the pantry at 341-2845.

Pencil It In!

TOMORROW: 9AM Blessings in a Backpack Fundraiser (143-145E Main Street, outside the KnoxCorp Office) 

MAY 11th: Mail Carriers Food Drive 

Calling all Galesburg Residents! Mail Carriers will be collecting donations from porches all around Galesburg on May 11. The smallest donations are very much appreciated and will go an incredibly long way. 

We're grateful for all the wonderful support from our local community. Happy Friday! 

Knox College's Blessings in a Backpack Fundraiser

Blessings in a Backpack: Pack the Backpack with Cash! 

This Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 9AM is “Pack the Backpack with Cash” a fundraiser taking place on E. Main Street right outside the KnoxCorp Office and Red Cross (143-145 E. Main Street). 

Knox College Club Blessings in a Backpack will be collecting money to buy food for kids on the weekends who are on free or reduced lunch, and might not otherwise have anything to eat. Blessings currently feeds 159 Galesburg kids.

KnoxCorps

FISH is being represented in the KnoxCorp Office on Main Street! 

"FISHing" on Friday

It's the 1st of March! 

And this week FISH was packed with tons of wonderful donations from the Knoxville Community. We can't thank everyone enough for supporting us! 

For instance, we were able to give out blueberries and fresh pears which are a rarity at FISH! 

What a Week!

 Yesterday we received a HUGE donation of yogurt from a local wholesale distributer of dairy goods. Boxes and boxes and boxes OH MY! We received more than 400 cases! FISH couldn't be more thankful and appreciative for the support from local distributors. 

In other news.... mark your calendars! The 2nd Saturday in May is the Annual Mail Carriers Food Drive. And that's all from the Pantry this week. Happy Saturday from us here at FISH!

And this was just a few of the many stacks of yogurt boxes!