Help make a difference in your community.
Encourage kindness at your school or kindergarten to support local families and individuals doing it tough.
Food For Families
Your school or kinder can make a real impact in your local community.
Food For Families is a simple, powerful way to introduce young people to the importance of giving. For younger children, it opens up conversations about empathy and compassion, helping them understand that not everyone has access to the basics. For older students, it’s a practical and meaningful way to support social justice or community service projects — building leadership and teamwork skills while connecting with their local community.
Whether you get involved for a few weeks, a term or the whole year, placing a Food For Families box in each classroom helps make a big difference for families doing it tough.
How it works
- Register – sign up and join the Food For Families community
- Receive your free Welcome Kit – filled with resources and tips to support your food drive
- Promote and collect – place collection boxes in visible locations and tell everyone about your collection
- Donate – schedule a pick-up or drop the items to a Uniting drop off point
- Make an impact – your donations directly support people who need them most.
Ways to get involved
Food For Families has been running for over 30 years
The program brings local communities together to donate non-perishable food and household essential items through collections by schools, kindergartens, congregations, workplaces, community groups, individuals and families.
The food, gifts and household essentials are distributed at our emergency relief, family services and outreach centres across Victoria and Tasmania. Families can select food from our food pantry when times get tough and bills stack up. We also provide food that’s easy to prepare for people experiencing homelessness.
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