Drop - Knock - Leave

During this unprecedented time of cancellations, closures and social distancing, there are families in our community who are struggling with food insecurity. During the first few weeks of the pandemic, we were encouraging our volunteers to come alongside other local nonprofits, schools and churches with already established feeding programs. All of these organizations are actively doing amazing work in our community. Due to the ever changing realities of our current situation, it was inevitable people would and are falling through the cracks for a number of reasons. We learned of a large number of local children and families in need of food and other basic life essentials, we launched the Drop-Knock-Leave Initiative. All of these needs have been identified and vetted by social workers, case managers, faith based organizations and our community partner C.I.S. Chesterfield. Our goal is to do what we can to ensure no one in our community is going without food. We are requiring every volunteer to read, understand and agree to the CDC volunteer recommendations and safety standards. Participants must be at least 18 years of age; and volunteer in groups of two, preferably from the same household.

How It Works

Volunteers arrive at our distribution site (TBD) where they will pick up bags of food and receive contact information for recipients.

Everyone who will receive food will be advised that a delivery will be coming. We will also instruct them to come outside after those making deliveries leave.

When volunteers arrive at the delivery address, they Drop off bags of food on the porch, KNOCK on the door and LEAVE .

off bags of food on the porch, on the door and . No handshakes, hugging or hanging around. Our delivery volunteers are not coming into direct contact with the recipients.

The number of children and families we are serving has more than doubled ober the past mpnth. At this point, we are assisting 100+ local families in need each week. We have a strong volunteer base and welcome anyone who is not high-risk to join us. Like everyone else, we did not plan or budget for a pandemic. Without our amazing volunteers and donors, none of this work would be possible. Our ongoing cost for this intiative has grown to $1200 per week and we need your help. You can make a financial donation below. We are all in this together!