Corporate Partnerships & Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer with your organization

Engage your employees in purpose-driven activities. Strengthen your team dynamic — pack produce, shelf-stable food, or sort and repack — while giving back to your community and providing food for children, seniors, and families.

Inquire about corporate volunteer opportunities

Feeding Westchester is excited to welcome groups of up to 20 team members to pack at our distribution center in Elmsford. There is a $2,500 engagement fee requested for all group opportunities, which supports our mission to distribute 21.3 million pounds of food to nourish our neighbors.

Click here to view our Corporate Pack flyer then complete the form below. To view photos from our corporate groups, click here.

We are also happy to offer custom projects at the location of your choice. Fees start at $3,500 and is dependent on the number of volunteers and number of hours.

Interested in learning more?
Fill out this form and we will connect with you.

Host a food drive or fundraiser

Corporate food drives and fundraisers make an immediate impact by providing food for those in need, and are great activities for corporate team-building.

Reach out if you're interested in Cause Marketing opportunities.

Choose your drive

Before you organize, decide what type of drive you’d like to host. Will you be collecting food, funds, or both? You can start your fundraiser here.

Start a Fundraiser

Select dates

Select dates to begin and end your food drive: Food drives can last however long you’d like, but we recommend running your drive for at least two weeks.

Register

After you’ve decided on the type of food drive and have preselected the dates, you’re ready to register your food drive.

Register

Donating food to Feeding Westchester

Instructions

We are so grateful to accept non-perishable food items, whether individual donations or the result of a larger food drive.

Learn more about donating Help from Home meal bags here. You are welcome to drop off your donations in the food collection bins located outside our Volunteer Entrance at: 200 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, NY 10523.

Donations can be dropped off Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

When looking for food to donate, please keep the following guidelines in mind: Non-perishable items only; no fresh produce, prepared foods, refrigerated, or frozen items.

View Donation List

Guidelines

- No glass containers
- No pre-opened itemsNo items past date printed on label

Look for labels that list the following:
- Low sodium
- No sugar added
- Reduced sodium
- Items marked "Lite"
- No salt added
- Unsweetened
- 100% fruit juice

Support our events

Engage directly with our dedicated supporters by sponsoring or participating in one of Feeding Westchester's signature events.

An Evening in Good Taste

Westchester’s top chefs and wine purveyors come together to show their support for Feeding Westchester in April. Guests are invited to enjoy an evening of exquisite cuisine, fine wine, craft beers and specialty cocktails, and have an opportunity to networking with Feeding Westchester supporters.

An Evening in Good Taste is Westchester’s tasting event not to be missed. All event proceeds remain in our community, helping to bring nutritious food to children, seniors and families who are hungry.

To view photos from our most recent event, please click here.

Golden Scoop Corporate Packing Competition

In May, local companies join together in the fight against hunger for Golden Scoop, a competition to pack the largest amount of food in the shortest amount of time. The winning team receives the Golden Scoop trophy, and all participants help sort and pack thousands of pounds of food. Find more details on our event page here.

Donate your products or services

Your in-kind gifts help fuel our operation, and make it easier for us to serve our neighbors when they need us most.

How to Get Started

It’s easy to become a food donor! Call our Procurement Associate at 914.909.9622 or email dvasquez@feedingwestchester.org.

Food Donor Welcome Kit

Making in-kind donations to Feeding Westchester

We are so grateful to accept your business's non-cash gifts, including goods, services, time, and expertise.In-kind donations help make room for us to more efficiently secure and distribute food and other resources necessary to help our community.

Food Recovery

Feeding Westchester is proud to partner with local and national food donors including industry manufacturers, wholesalers, growers, packers distributors, supermarkets, and more!We accept anything from cases to truckloads of perishable and non-perishable food prepared by licensed food operators and businesses.

How We Collect Donations

Feeding Westchester houses a fleet of refrigerated trucks and vans equipped to pick up donations of at least 500 pounds. Donations must be organized and ready for pick-up as scheduled. You’ll receive receipts and annual reports tracking how many pounds you’ve donated.

Good for People — and the Planet

The food we safely recover doesn’t just change lives. It also saves food from becoming waste, diverting millions of pounds of good food from landfills where it would have released methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and leading contributor to climate change.

In partnership with Feeding New York state and the DEC, Feeding Westchester has been working to help educate and support local businesses and institutions on the New York State Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling Law that took effect on January 1, 2022. Click here for the updated list of designated food scrap generators. If you have any questions or would like some additional guidance on the new law, please contact our Procurement Associate.

Food Safety and Liability

We take food safety very seriously. We follow standard food safety guidelines and train our staff and partner programs to ensure your food is delivered and distributed in safe condition. As a donor, you’re protected from liability by federal and state laws.

We host in-store trainings for you and your team to help minimize food waste and maximize donations.

Guidelines

- Close-to-code items
- Out of code items with extended use-by dates
- Perishable items
- Surplus production
- Unharvested or post-peak produce
- Discontinued items
- Shipping errors
- Partial cases
- Production flaws
- Mislabeled items
- Cosmetic damage to items
- Packaging changes
- Packaging errors
- Promotional and seasonal items
- Test product inventory

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Corporate support is vital to our mission. Make a difference with Feeding Westchester today!

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Choose your drive

Select dates

Register

Instructions

Guidelines

An Evening in Good Taste

Golden Scoop Corporate Packing Competition

Making in-kind donations to Feeding Westchester

Food Recovery

How We Collect Donations

Good for People — and the Planet

Food Safety and Liability

Guidelines

Meet Our Partners

These companies are transforming lives by partnering with Feeding Westchester.