Help Us

VOLUNTEER MEALS ON WHEELS DIRECTOR NEEDED.
CONTACT JERRY HIGGINS 639-2575

Daily Bread is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible. 

There are three ways you can help us -- with gifts of cash, food, and time.


Gifts of Cash

Please consider giving cash donations.  Ask your church or business to give an annual cash donation.

Gifts of cash allow us to:

    Drying dining room trays with paper towels.
  • Buy more food, because we can pool the cash to purchase in bulk and at a charity discount.
  • Buy foods not usually donated in the amounts we need, like meat, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits.
  • Buy nonfood supplies.  For example, the Health Department requires us to use paper towels to dry dishes, which costs us about $400 per year.
  • Repair or replace equipment in the kitchen ($3,287 in 2007).
  • Pay the rent on the dining room ($4,200 in 2007).
  • Pay for building maintenance, utilities, insurance, license ($12,200 in 2007).

To send a contribution, click here.


Gifts of Food

We need food weekly.  Canned goods and dry goods can last longer, and meat can be frozen, but fresh vegetables, fruits, and baked goods must be replenished often.  We could offer milk if we had a supplier.

Consider stretching the value of your dollars by buying food from SHARE Virginia, which makes surplus food available for anyone to purchase at a reduced cost.  For information about our area, contact SHARE Virginia, New River Community Action, 644 W. Main St. Radford, VA 24141 or First Christian Church (633-2850).

Needs include:

1. Fresh foods — meats, cheese, produce (garden surplus is great!).

2. Canned goods — if possible, large cans and /or low sodium.

  • green beans, peas, beets, greens
  • beans
  • sweet potatoes
  • tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, pasta sauce
  • fruits, preferably without syrup or added sugar
  • meats and fish (e.g. tuna, salmon)
  • peanut butter
  • pastas, rice, potatoes
3. Paper towels - We go through lots to satisfy health officials!

Please, no badly dented or badly rusted cans.

NOTE: Food past its "use by" date may be GOOD FOOD! Click here for more information.

To donate food click here.


Gifts of Time

Plastic-wrapping a meal to be delivered.

We need volunteers to:

  • Prepare meals, serve, and clean in the dining room.
  • Deliver meals to homes.
  • Pick up food from grocery stores or delivery trucks.
  • Pick up food from USDA warehouse or sort it.
Go to the Dining Room Program, Meals on Wheels Program, and USDA Groceries pages for more details.

We also need people to get involved in the organization, to help maintain RFDB so that we can continue our programs and grow to meet the need.

Ask your company to sponsor one or two volunteer-days per month, when employees take turns delivering meals, serving meals, or sorting food.

To volunteer, click here.

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