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.
For COVID-19 safety, we recommend asking whether an employee can bring boxes outside for you. Be sure to wear a face covering and practice social distancing during the pickup.
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 at 91 Martin Street in Acton (we no longer have a drop-off site in Waltham). Enter the driveway off of Martin Street, and continue down the drive past the house to the red shed (pictured right). Boxes can be stacked on pallets inside the shed.
Sign your name on the sign-in sheet so we can know how many boxes you helped to collect!
Please put banana boxes inside this red shed at Stonefield Farm. Pull in the driveway from Martin Street; the shed will be on the right past the house.
