AMERIS BANK: SnackPacks October Food Drive

Ameris Bank SnackPacks Food Drive Ameris Bank on Lake Murray Blvd, Irmo, SC is Helping Fight Hunger for schoolchildren by matching every item donated for Snackpacks in October and put in their bank!

Volunteers stacking donated food during the
2012 Ameris Bank Snackpacks Food Drive in Irmo, SC

Who are We

Snackpacks is a local non-profit program supported by area churches, the community and volunteers.

What we Do

SnackPacks provides food for students who get their meals at school, and may have little or nothing to eat on the weekends. A bag is filled with 16 non-perishable, healthy food items by volunteers and delivered to their designated schools for the children to take home over the weekend. This food may help feed other family members as well.

Last school year we served as many as 467 students a week in District 5. At a cost of $5 a bag that brings the total to over $90,000 a year. Two hundred District 5 families received a FAMILY BOX at Christmas and again in June, July and August at a cost of at least $40 a box, totaling over $30.000!

Ways you may Help

Volunteer at a SnackPacks Food Drive

Ameris Bank is generously matching every item collected in a SnackPacks food drive and put in their bank for the month of October. These drives benefit all District 5 schools. Let’s fill the bank up!

Food Drive dates:

• Sept 27 - 28 at Wal-Mart Harbison
• Oct 04 - 05 at Wal-Mart Ballentine
• Oct 11 - 12 at Wal-Mart Harbison
• Oct 18 - 19 at BI-LO St. Andrews
• Oct 25 - 26 at Wal-Mart Harbison

Each drive is on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Volunteers will work in 2 ½ hour shifts and pass out shopping lists. Each customer is asked to help by buying anything on the list and dropping it off with us on the way out.

Donate items needed to fill a SnackPack.

Click here for a downloadable list. Be sure to check blog posts for grocery store "Deals to Donate" items marked with a blue arrow ("➧") which designates items good for the SnackPack program.

Organize your own Food Drive

We welcome volunteers to help with a food drive at their church, school or place of business.

For more information or to volunteer at a drive please contact:

Stuart Stout (803) 781-7330, cell (803) 447-3066 or email stwartstout@att.net