CanDo’s Napa Food Project is an innovative way to fight hunger in our communities. It involves the power of CanDo volunteers, one green bag at a time. Through this project, CanDo has more than doubled the amount of non-perishable food donated to the CANV Food Bank annually.
Since 2016, green bag pick-ups of non-perishable food for hte CANW Food Bank occurs 6x per year.
Year five, 2020, in the absence of green bag pick-ups due to COVID-19, CanDo members donated $16,000 in cash to help support the CANV Food Bank.
95 Neighborhood Coordinators
850 Food Donors
70,000 average pounds of food now donated annually, 2016-2020
Monetary value = $115,500
Meals provided = 58,833
Fill a green bag with nonperishable food every two months and put it outside their front doors.
Pick up donors’ green bags every two months and take them to the Napa Valley Food Bank.
Neighbors like you sign up to be regular Food Donors. Each week when you go food shopping, buy an extra non-perishable item (or two) and store it in the nifty, reusable green bag we give you.
Every two months — on the second Saturday of every even-numbered month — you’ll receive a reminder to put your green bag of food outside your front door.
At the CANV Food Bank, CanDo volunteers wait to unload, weigh and sort the food. Each pick-up day, CanDo brings in over 10,000 pounds of food. That averages 8,333 meals!
Learn the process and receive supplies.
Knock on your neighbors’ door and ask them if they would like to be involved in this easy and powerful project to help the hungry in Napa County. Sign them up and give them a green bag!
Deliver your green bags to the CANV Food Bank Warehouse where cheerful volunteers will unload your car. You will receive new supplies for next time. You needn’t get out of your car.
