Food Fight!
Food Fight!, formerly known as the Student Hunger Drive, this friendly competition invites area schools to band together in the fight against hunger. By collecting food and raising funds, students will help alleviate hunger in Southeast Nebraska, where an estimated 1 in 7 neighbors—and 1 in 5 children—are food insecure. All elementary, middle and high schools located in Southeast Nebraska are invited to participate! Since 2013, Food Fight! has helped make more than 318,000 meals possible for neighbors facing hunger in Southeast Nebraska.
While the concept of Food Fight! remains the same, this year’s event has been modified to encourage year-round collaborative participation. Unlike previous years where schools competed against one another, this 2024-25 Food Fight! will be a collective student effort, with all schools working together to compete against hunger. We’ve set an ambitious goal and are challenging Southeast Nebraska’s students to help raise 50,000 meals! We encourage students to lead this initiative. This volunteer effort provides valuable problem-solving practice, business savvy, and communication and leadership skills. Please make sure to get permission from your school prior to starting the drive.
There’s no registration for Food Fight! Any donation of food and funds made to the Food Bank of Lincoln between Sept. 16 and April 16 will count toward your school’s total.
Have Food Fight! questions? Contact Dane Schmitt at (402) 466-8170, ext. 2010 or at dschmitt@lincolnfoodbank.org.
Donate Food
Food donations can be delivered to us any time during the Food Fight! but no later than noon on April 16, 2024. Please share your school’s name upon delivery to ensure you receive proper credit for those pounds.
The Food Bank of Lincoln is located at 1221 Kingbird Road in Lincoln. When you arrive, please check in at the front desk and then back-up to dock door #4 to unload.
Meals are calculated as follows: 1.2 pounds of food = 1 meal
Donate Funds
Students may collect monetary donations to benefit the drive. The donations will need to be turned in no later than noon on April 16, 2024.
We encourage monetary donations to be made online here. Please enter Food Fight for [school name] in the comments section to receive the credit for your donation.
Checks can be mailed to the Food Bank of Lincoln or delivered in person. Checks should be made payable to: Food Bank of Lincoln and include this message in the memo: Food Fight for [school name].
For every $1 donated, your school will receive credit for 2 meals.
Please note: Funds raised for the LPS Extra Mile Walk will NOT count toward Food Fight totals.
Awards
While we are working together in the fight against hunger, there will be several categories where your students can still win awards for your school.
- “Most Pounds Donated”
- “Furthest School Donation”
- “Small School, Big Impact Award”
Winning schools of the various awards will be announced by April 30, 2025, and are invited to attend an awards celebration at the Food Bank of Lincoln. Additional details to come.
