Amplify Your Local Impact
with PORCH Communities
Make an impact in your community—month after month.
Through Second Harvest’s partnership with PORCH Communities, neighbors can organize simple, recurring monthly food drives that directly benefit participating local food assistance partners.
Why PORCH?
It’s easy.
Neighbors place donated food outside their homes or bring it to an agreed-upon collection point.
It’s local.
Collections directly support a participating local food assistance agency in or near the community where the food is gathered.
It’s responsive.
Local partners identify requested items, including versatile and culturally familiar foods that reflect the preferences of their communities.
It lasts.
Monthly collections turn a one-time food drive into an ongoing source of community participation and support.
Why PORCH?
PORCH is easy.
Neighbors place donated food on their porches for volunteers to pick up.
PORCH is consistent.
Monthly food drives provide a predictable supply of food and volunteer opportunities.
PORCH is inclusive.
Anyone can help in as little as a few hours a month.
PORCH is flexible.
Donations can be customized to the cultural and dietary needs of local partners and families.
Simple. Local. Ongoing.
PORCH turns a familiar food drive into a recurring community effort:
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Local food assistance organizations identify requested shelf-stable foods.
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Neighbors contribute those foods on a scheduled collection day.
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Volunteer coordinators collect and deliver the donations.
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Everyone comes together and does it again the next month.
PORCH provides the model, training, and resources. Second Harvest connects the effort with trusted local food assistance organizations. Community members provide the energy that brings it all together.
Monthly collections turn a one-time food drive into an ongoing source of community participation and support.
Stronger connections build stronger communities.
People across Northwest North Carolina want meaningful ways to help close to home. Local food assistance organizations understand their communities and know which foods will be most useful. PORCH knows how to turn neighbors’ interest into organized, recurring action.
By bringing those strengths together, Second Harvest and PORCH are creating another way for communities to increase access to nutritious food, strengthen trusted local organizations and build relationships among neighbors, volunteers and community partners.
Choose how you want to get involved.
Start a PORCH in your community
You don’t need to create a program from scratch. PORCH provides guidance and tools to help you organize recurring collections by engaging your neighbors or friends you know through work or faith, school, civic, or community groups.
One person can get things started—and invite an entire community to take part.
You’ll continue to the PORCH Communities website, where the PORCH team will provide additional information and help you take the next step.
Explore PORCH for your organization
Recurring collections can provide more than requested foods. They can introduce new people to your organization’s work, build relationships with potential volunteers and supporters, and create an ongoing connection with your community.
Interested organizations can learn how PORCH works, discuss local needs and logistics, and determine whether the model is a good fit.
You’ll continue to the PORCH Communities website, where the PORCH team will provide additional information and help you take the next step.
GET IN TOUCH
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC
3330 Shorefair Drive | Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Tel: 336-784-5770