Hosting a drive for food or other life essentials can make a significant impact on families in need. And it’s a great way to build community through the shared joy of giving with your friends, your neighborhood, your workplace, or your church.
Think of the simple things you need each day a good meal, a toothbrush. Every year, generous in-kind gifts from friends like you help us fulfill our mission of serving the poor and homeless families in our community.
Would you like to know more about all our drive and in-kind opportunities?
Fill out our Drives Sign Up Form and we’ll get in touch with you!
Traditional Drives
Choose the type of drive you want to do and start collecting! It’s that simple! We can schedule drives for a couple of weeks or a couple of months. Download our printable brochure highlighting our most popular types of drives or see our printable flyers below.
We can provide you with collection barrels or boxes to use during your collection. You can schedule a time to come pick them up, or we can have them delivered!
Drive Categories
Nonperishable foods to feed a family of four for three days. Download list
Full-size and family-size personal-hygiene items. Download list
Baby food, baby formula, bottles, pacifiers, baby toys, baby safe hygiene items, bibs, grooming essentials , First Aid and baby care equipment, and other infant items. Download list
We provide backpacks, and school supplies to our children and the community annually. Download list
Most needed food and toy items for the holidays. Access Downloadable Lists
Virtual Drives
Host a virtual food or supply drive through You Give Goods. This turnkey platform lets you create, manage, and share your own virtual drive campaign with your coworkers, neighbors, and friends! Click one of these categories to get started using You Give Goods.
Backpacks of Hope DriveHygiene Drivefood drive
BaBY ITEMS DRIVEHOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE
Community Drive Events
Host a community drive in your neighborhood and collect our most needed items for struggling families. This is an opportunity to get your local community actively engaged in providing help and hope to neighbors in need. Complete our Drives Form to learn more!
More Ways to Give
AmazonWishlist
AmazonWishlists help take the guesswork out of giving. Browse through our lists of most needed items, purchase the goods, and they’ll be delivered straight to us!
HYGIENE FOOD BABY PRODUCTS BACKPACKS OF HOPE
Walmart Registries for Good
Walmart Registries make it easy to give. Shop our most needed items and they’ll be shipped directly to us!
HYGIENE FOOD BABY PRODUCTS BACKPACKS OF HOPE
Target Registries for the Holidays
Contact us
For additional assistance, please email us at drive.coordinator@metromin.org or call the Community Donations team at (813) 209-1034 and our team would be more than happy to support you!