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Located in the Community Connection Center
9 Court Street Vermillion, SD
(605) 658-0118
Organize a Drive for Vermillion Food Pantry
Rally your student organization, work teams, faith community or friends and family and help provide essential items to Clay County residents in need.
Most-needed Items for Drives:
Canned meat & tuna
Peanut butter
Pasta & pasta sauce
Canned veggies
Toilet paper
Laundry pods
Deodorant
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Shaving cream
Event-related Drive
Request donations at your game or event.
Polaris-Vermillion & Vermillion Rotary Club routinely collect food & cash at events and donate them to VFP.
Ask people to bring donations of non-perishable food items or financial contributions to your next business event, potluck or retirement party.
Promote your drive with flyers, emails, social media and by letting the local media know!
Community-wide Drive
Promote a drive throughout your organization, church, dorm, campus or community.
Organizations like the Vermillion Postal Workers Union and Beta Alpha Psi at the University of South Dakota place door tags at residences announcing a specific date they will pick up donations.
Folks place donations outside their doors and your volunteers collect and deliver them to the VFP.
Promote your drive with flyers, emails, social media and by letting the local media know!
Themed Drive
Imagine the pasta-bilities!
United Church of Christ-Congregational and USD sororities and fraternities request specific items for themed drives:
"Souper Bowl" Soup Drive
"Super Roll" Toilet Paper Drive
Feminine Hygiene Products Drive
Peanut Butter Crusade
Promote your drive with flyers, emails, social media and by letting the local media know!
Promote Your Drive
Tell everybody!
Tips for Generating Publicity
At least 2 weeks prior to the drive, create and distribute flyers, emails & social media posts.
Provide key info:
Suggested foods for contribution (specific items requested by the organizations, non-perishable foods, gift cards)
Date, time & location of event or food collection
Use the VFP name + logo
Your organization's contact info
Clarissa Fernandez, USD Beta Alpha Psi
"The food drive has given me a chance to get more involved within my community and develop relationships with those around. It has also given me an opportunity to give back and work towards the mission
of combatting food insecurity!"