DONATE MONEY
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County relies on donations to meet the growing needs of the hungry in Orange County. With 94.2% of your donation going to actual products and services.
  • Donate by Check or Credit card though the mail.
    Use a printable form (pdf, 63kb) to mail or fax your donation.   Click here 

  • Secure On-line donation by Credit Card through PayPal. Click on Donate button below. You do not need to be a member of PayPal to use this service. Look for the "If you do not currently have a PayPal account [click here] button on the opening check out screen of PayPal.
    		  PayPal accepts: Visa, Master Card, Amer. Express and Discover Card.
  • Secure On-line donation by Credit Card through Click & Pledge.com. Click on Donate Now button below. Click & Pledge will process your on-line donation through their secure servers, protecting your information.

  • Donations of stock. Please call the Food Bank at 949-653-2900. The development department staff will send you information on how your gift of stock can be transferred to the Food Bank.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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MAKE A MONETARY DONATION THROUGH OUR "VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE"
The Virtual Food Drive is a fun, easy and efficient way for you, your company or organization to feed the hungry in Orange County. Virtual Food Drive internet-based technology developed by Aidmatrix makes helping those in need as simple as a click of the mouse. Your monetary donation through the Virtual Food Drive is used to procure and distribute food to our nearly 400 member non-profit charities. Each food and grocery item represents actual items purchased by the Food Bank. Click Here to to see for yourself how fast, easy and fun donating can be . . .

SPONSOR A SPECIAL EVENT
The Food Bank holds several fundraising events throughout the year, from food and wine tastings to fashion shows and golf tournaments. If you'd like to find out the benefits of sponsoring one of these events...
Sponsor Packet in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Summary of Events in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
... or e-mail

DONATE FOOD
Host a Food Drive
The Food Bank encourages partnerships with local organizations, schools, businesses, associations, service groups and churches to collect canned and dry food products throughout the year. The Food Bank provides a Food Drive department to support any food collection campaign. More on sponsoring a food drive. E-mail

Food Donors
Food donors include local grocery stores and supermarket chains, food manufacturers and distributors, the government, restaurants, food industry trade shows, local farmers, gleaning efforts, food drives and private individuals. The Food Bank needs a broad range of food, including canned fruits, vegetables and meat products, dry and packaged goods, refrigerated and frozen products, prepared and perishable food, and fresh produce. Non-food items like personal care products, paper products and diapers are also accepted.
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DONATE TIME
Volunteer
Numerous opportunities are available to assist with feeding the hungry, such as:

  • Inspecting and sorting donated food
  • Gleaning to collect fresh produce
  • Helping at a special event
  • Donating your specialty or professional services
    such as graphic design, printing or photography.
    E-mail: for more information

Learn
With a conservative estimate of 456,000 people at-risk of going hungry every month, Orange County suffers from lack of awareness of this problem. In addition to providing food, the Food Bank strives to educate others about the need in Orange County. Food Bank tours, speakers and an educational video are available to address the hunger problem in Orange County.
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