Become a Neighborhood Coordinator
Once per month collect donated food from your neighbor’s porches and bring it to the Child Food Hub. Whether you collect from 2, 20, or 200 houses – we need your help!
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Get Involved
How PORCH Works
PORCH is built around the very simple idea of a neighborhood food drive. Here’s how it works:
- Once a month, on a designated day, residents place non-perishable food donations on their front porch.
- A volunteer neighborhood coordinator goes porch to porch and picks up the food donations.
- The donated food is transported by car to a central location, on the second or fourth Monday of each month, where it is sorted, packed, and then delivered to our local partners.
Volunteer
Volunteer Opportunities :
Community Pantry Deliveries – 2nd & 4th Mondays –
Volunteers will be delivering nonperishable items to community pantry sites every 2nd and 4th Monday.
- Pick-up from the Child Food Hub (2436 S. Miami Blvd) between 10:30-11am.
- Drop-off locations vary across Durham.
- Must have reliable transportation – prefer a large SUV
- Shift can be completed in less than 1 hour
Delivery Drivers Needed
PORCH-Durham and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle are working to provide foods to children across Durham County. The donations that PORCH-Durham collects are often distributed through Durham Public Schools, community pantries, and mobile markets – among other organizations. We need your help to deliver these donations to our Durham community!
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Ways to Donate
Mail a Check –
Please Mail to: PORCH-Durham at PO Box 3203 Durham, NC 27715. Monetary donations are incredibly appreciated!
Donate Online –
Monetary donations are needed to continue our support for the Durham community. You may donate online here. Thank you!
Leave a donation on your porch –
Find out if your neighborhood participates, or start a PORCH in your own neighborhood, and make monthly nonperishable food donations to PORCH-Durham.
Start here.
Upcoming Collection Dates
OCT
10
Direct Drop-offs Two Mondays Per Month
PORCH-Durham is currently holding collections two Mondays per month, and drop offs are made directly to our shared space with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle at 2436 S Miami Blvd. Coordinators, groups, and individuals are asked to sign up before dropping off. Please email durham@porchcommunities.org if you have questions!
OCT
24
Direct Drop-offs Two Mondays Per Month
PORCH-Durham is currently holding collections two Mondays per month, and drop offs are made directly to our shared space with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle at 2436 S Miami Blvd. Coordinators, groups, and individuals are asked to sign up before dropping off. Please email durham@porchcommunities.org if you have questions!
NOV
14
Direct Drop-offs Two Mondays Per Month
PORCH-Durham is currently holding collections two Mondays per month, and drop offs are made directly to our shared space with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle at 2436 S Miami Blvd. Coordinators, groups, and individuals are asked to sign up before dropping off. Please email durham@porchcommunities.org if you have questions!
NOV
28
Direct Drop-offs Two Mondays Per Month
PORCH-Durham is currently holding collections two Mondays per month, and drop offs are made directly to our shared space with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle at 2436 S Miami Blvd. Coordinators, groups, and individuals are asked to sign up before dropping off. Please email durham@porchcommunities.org if you have questions!
DEC
12
Direct Drop-offs Two Mondays Per Month
PORCH-Durham is currently holding collections two Mondays per month, and drop offs are made directly to our shared space with Inter-Faith Food Shuttle at 2436 S Miami Blvd. Coordinators, groups, and individuals are asked to sign up before dropping off. Please email durham@porchcommunities.org if you have questions!