OSU Food Drive - Plan a Food Drive event
There are three main ways to contribute to OSU’s Food Drive – food donations, monetary donations and planning an event or activity where you collect food or raise money.
Here is what you need to know when planning a Food Drive event or activity.
How to plan a Food Drive event
- Determine the kind of activity or event you want to hold. Here’s a list of ideas to get you started.
- Publicize your event. Submit your event to the OSU Event Calendar. Adding the tag "Food Drive" will ensure it appears on the Food Drive calendar of events. Consider also sending an email to your department or hanging flyers in and around your building.
- Hold your event.
- Visit the Food and Monetary Donations page to learn what to do with your fund-raised efforts after your event ends.
Food Drive event policies
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All events where homemade food is served or sold (bake sales, soup lunches, etc.) are for OSU employees and students only and should be held where public access is restricted, such as a break or conference room, preferably with hand-washing facilities nearby.
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Do not advertise or sell food to the public unless it is produced in a commercial kitchen following appropriate production guidelines.
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Safe food handling guidelines should always be observed.
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Pie throwing, dunk tanks and other physical-based activities may be fun, but pose safety concerns. If you wish to explore the option of a physical activity further, please contact Risk Management.
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Only bingo, raffle and Monte-Carlo gaming events are legal. If you wish to hold any of these fundraising activities, you are required to complete Raffle/Bingo Receipt Summary Form. Guessing games such as “guess the number of candies” in a jar is considered a game of skill. Games of skill are not permitted as fundraising activities.
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Per OLCC and OSU policy, alcohol cannot be auctioned or raffled.