Coordinate a Healthy Food Drive
This summer, Organizing for America will fight to ensure Americans receive much-needed health care reform in 2009. Community service is a critical piece of our health care campaign and our National Health Care Day of Service on June 27, 2009 will highlight its importance.
These health care service projects give volunteers a chance to make an impact in their own communities while we simultaneously fight for long term, systemic health care reform.
Community Service: Coordinate a Healthy Food Drive
President Obama has emphasized that an important part of health care reform is creating a healthier society. One of the largest problems found in the uninsured population in America is malnutrition. By coordinating a healthy food drive, you are providing people with food that leads to a more balanced diet and healthier lifestyle.
To organize a healthy food drive, you should first identify a place, time, and location for your event. Then find an organization you want to give the food to. Ideally, this partner organization should serve a community near you, have similar priorities, and be accessible for people who donate food and want to continue to get more involved in the issue.
You don’t need to be an expert to help out. If you have a few hours to spare, you can help people near you get the care they need while raising awareness of the need for urgent reform.
Have a different idea for how to address the health care needs in your community? Create your own National Health Care Day of Service Event.
