Donate Food & Goods

DONATE FOOD & GOODS

WE ARE BUILT ON THE GENEROSITY OF COMMUNITY

Our Daily Bread serves hundreds of meals a day, five days a week with the support of in-kind food donations from compassionate individuals and the generous local food industry, as well as canned food drives organized by local volunteer groups.

Goods are also important to our operations- whether you donate forks to serve soup kitchen to-go meals, Ziploc bags, or another ongoing needed item, every donation is important!

Please use the sign-up sheet link to register to donate food and goods, and see drop-off directions below. Review our food donation safety guidelines here.

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NEEDED ITEM DETAILS

Sandwiches

We provide sandwiches so our guests can take something to eat later in the day. Making sandwiches is wonderful for faith groups, families, businesses, and other groups interested in volunteering as a team off-site. This is a great one-off or recurring opportunity!

We are in need of 500 sandwiches Monday-Friday, 300 Meat and 200 PB&J.

Each sign up slot is for 100 sandwiches. If you are donating more, please sign up for additional slots.

For more details and instructions, please follow the “sign up to donate” button below, and then select the donation you’re interested in giving.

You will receive an email after signing up- this is confirmation of your commitment to donate. When delivering food items, please meet us at the back donation door in Goose Alley, 7AM – 11AM. Further directions are below.

Please note that we are unable to verify community service hours for off-site activities.

Home Baked Treats & Salty Snacks

Home baked treats and salty snacks are given to guests along with their meal so they have something to eat later in the day.

Each sign-up slot is for 50 treats or snacks. If you are donating more, please sign up for additional slots.

Examples:

Muffins
Little Debbie
Cookies
Brownies
Pretzels
Chips
Peanut butter/cheese crackers
Nuts
Trail mix
Slim Jims

For more details, please follow the “sign up to donate” button below, and then select the donation you’re interested in giving.

Please note that we are unable to verify community service hours for off-site activities.

Fresh Fruit & Juice

Each meal we provide includes fruit- when we have fresh fruit, we distribute that first. When we run out, we can rely on non-perishable fruit such as fruit cups.

Each sign-up slot is for 50 pieces of fruit. If you are donating more, please sign up for additional slots.

Fruit requested (no apples please, many of our guests struggle with eating these):

oranges/cuties
bananas
fruit cups
juice boxes
individual applesauce cups or squeezes

Please follow the “sign up to donate” button below, and then select the donation you’re interested in giving.

Please note that we are unable to verify community service hours for off-site activities.

Donate Goods

Donating goods is so helpful! We really fly through the items listed below.

Ongoing needs:

Plastic grocery bags
Toilet paper
Ziploc bags (sandwich and quart)
To-Go coffee cups (10 oz or 12 oz) with lids
Plastic forks
55 gallon heavy duty trash bags

Please follow the “sign up to donate” button below, and then select the donation you’re interested in giving.

Please note that we are unable to verify community service hours for off-site activities.

Hold a Canned Food Drive

A canned food drive is a straightforward activity for anyone looking for a way to give back and make a direct impact. Rally your community to join you! The list of non-perishable food and goods most needed are on a customizable flyer here.

Here are the steps to hosting a canned food drive for Our Daily Bread:

1) Sign up for a drop-off date using the sign-up button below.

2) Participants spread the word by:
• Posting flyers in their community- download our flyer here: Canned Food Drive Flyer, or create your own!
• Posting on social media- post a photo with information to your IG stories, make a TikTok, tweet about the drive, and more.
• Emailing or texting- send messages to friends, coworkers, family, church groups, and others.
• Creating a Facebook event- invite your friends, and encourage them to invite theirs!

3) Contact Kathy Schickel ([email protected]) with any questions. The list of non-perishable food and goods most needed are on a customizable flyer here.

4) Deliver the items to Our Daily Bread on the date you signed up to drop off!

BONUS: Remember to snap photos of your participants collecting food items, and share them with us so we can share your volunteer service on our social media! Send any info and photos via email to Kat Heilman at [email protected].

Please follow the “sign up to donate” button below, and then select the donation you’re interested in giving.

Please note that we are unable to verify community service hours for off-site activities.

Donation Hours:
Monday-Friday 7:00 – 11:00 AM

No parking necessary!

We are located at 1730 Race Street in a big yellow building, across from Findlay Market in Cincinnati, Ohio’s Over the Rhine neighborhood.

If you are heading south on Race, turn left at the light just before our building. At the back corner of our building, just before the parking lot, turn right onto Goose Alley. When you arrive, ring the buzzer OR call us from your car (513-306-1938) to check in with staff.

Someone will help you unload, and you can be on your way!