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MAKE A GIFT

COLLECT BANANA BOXES

Help power food recovery and distribution by collecting and donating boxes.

We rely on banana boxes—the boxes that bananas are shipped in—to pack and transport gleaned crops for frontline organizations. You can help support local food security by collecting banana boxes from grocery stores, corner stores, pantries, or anywhere that sells bananas.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS

  • At your convenience, call your local grocery store, food pantry, or anywhere that sells bananas, and ask an employee if they have any empty banana boxes (with lids!) available to donate to a local hunger relief agency.​​
    • We ask that you only collect and drop off boxes that are fully intact.  Please avoid boxes that are torn, ripped, soiled, or wet.  This saves us the time and energy from needing to break down and recycle.  Thanks so much!
    • Note: You do not need to register online as a volunteer in order to collect boxes.
  • Fit as many boxes into your car as you are able.
  • Deliver to the Gleaners' drop-off site: our greenhouse located directly behind our parking area at 91 Martin Street in Acton (we no longer have a drop-off site in Waltham). Boxes can be stacked on pallets inside the greenhouse.  Come by and drop off at any time of day!
  • Sign your name on the sign-in sheet so we know how many boxes you helped to collect!

BANANA BOX REWARDS!

After you log your name on our sign-in sheet, we’ll keep a running total of the boxes you’ve given and will be in touch to give you merch in recognition of your efforts!

36 Boxes (1 Full Pallet): Gleaners Sticker

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72 Boxes (2 Pallets): Gleaners Car Magnet

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200 Boxes (1 Full Truck): Gleaners/Boston Food Hub Tote

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400 Boxes (2 Trucks): "Leave No Crop Behind" T-Shirt

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

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