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Tool Kit

Here is a  tool kit with all the resources you need to create your own spice drive. This includes editable flyers, checklists,  sample emails, and culturally responsive spice survey.

Checklist

  1. Learn about the cause
  2. Create your idea/style of your drive
  3. Contact your local food bank to see if they would be open to receiving the spices
  4. Send the culturally responsive spice survey to your food bank for them to edit
  5. Create flyers with information like why your doing this, how long your holding the drive, where to donate (consider putting boxes at easy access places), what spices you take, and requirements of the spices
  6. Spread the word, talk to your school, family, friends, put up flyers, and send out emails (to other troops and scouts)
  7. Check in on the donations if you can to make sure everything is running smoothly
  8. After the spice drive ends collect the spices and check the expiration dates and etc before giving them to your food bank!

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Sample Email

Hello (who you’re emailing)

         My name is (name) and I am a organizing a spice drive for the Spices of Hope initiative. I’m organizing this drive because I have learned that spices impact one’s cultural identity, family traditions, and mental health. Many times people who use food banks don’t have access to that bit of home because of the high prices, so I want to help change that.(talk what the purpose of the email is)

Thank you for your time

From,

      (name)

In creating your spice drive you will have to contact many different people so it’s important you know what your saying. You can use this email to spread the word about your drive, get others invovled, or even try to get donations from a local grocery store, commercial company, etc.

Flyers

This is the editable flyer

These are example flyers

These flyers have basic information on them, but you will need to edit them to include your specific information. To edit the editable flyer make a copy.

Culturally responsive spice survey

To create the list of spices you will accept this form will be very important. The food bank of the Rockies created a form to send out to their clients too find out who their clientele is and what cultural ingredients were wanted. Through talking to the food bank of the Rockies I created my own form to send out to food banks who are interested in working with you for your drive. This will give you information on who your clientel is, what they want, and more helpfull imformation.

https://forms.gle/YK9BpCcb5fKyhFnYA

You can make a copy of this link and send it out to your food bank

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