Engage your neighbours and local authority

Second Step

2. Identify support for starting such a program:
•Are there people willing to volunteer to pick up food and deliver it to where it's needed?
•Is anyone willing to take on the tasks of identifying potential food donors, of handling telephone calls, of arranging the schedules for pick-up and delivery of food donations? Does anyone in your community have experience with transportation that they'd be willing to share?
•Are any restaurants or food wholesalers or supermarkets or other food establishments willing to sign on at the beginning? Are they willing to let you use their name to try to bring in other food donors?
•Do you have a local health department or authority willing to work with you to set up safe food handling practices?
•Are there any people with money who would like to help start this, by contributing costs for telephone, postage, supplies and other essential items?
•Do you need support from government authorities? Are they willing to provide financial as well as political support?

You can tell how many servings you need to eat each day if you look at the food pyramid. See a picture of the food pyramid, and learn more about it:http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html