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 with BAG 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 240 Beaver St. in Waltham (we do not have a drop-off site in Acton for the time being). Enter the parking lot on the left side of the brick building, and park outside the gray tent (pictured right). Boxes can be staked on pallets inside the tent.
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 gray tent in the parking lot.
