Financial Donations
Food at First’s primary need during this time is monetary donations to cover additional expenditures of serving every meal carry-out during COVID-19.
Make a one-time donation. Click the “Donate” button.*
Make this a recurring monthly contribution by clicking the “Donate” button, then click “make this a monthly donation” checkbox to have a withdrawal made from your debit/credit card, or your bank account.* Questions? contact patty.foodatfirst@gmail.com We’d love to be part of your regular discipline of giving!
If you’d prefer to mail a check, please make it out to Food At First and mail to:
Food At First
PO Box 87
Ames IA 50010
Time
We can’t serve the community without our great group of volunteers! Consider volunteering at FAF.
Food Donations
Donation Drop Off
Food Donation Drop-Off Times
Grocery Wish List
Pass Along Party
Food at First Pass Along Party is our annual Christmas event. 20,000+ gifts have been donated to families in need during the Pass Along Party events to date. During the last few years an average of 2000 gifts have been donated annually!
Please consider collecting new or gently used items that can bless someone this Christmas! Hold onto items until the scheduled drop off times before the Pass Along Party.
Endowment
Donate to the Food at First endowment listed here on the SCCF page either by credit card or if by check, print and mail this form, write Food at First endowment funt on the form and check, or contact the SCCF directly and specify Food at First endowment fund. This donation helps ensure the longevity of Food at First. The endowment fund is managed by Story County Community Foundation (SCCF).
Amazon Smile
Make a difference with every purchase! If you already shop at Amazon, get in the habit of using smile.amazon.com. It is easy to set-up and FAF automatically recieves 0.5% of every purchase. Go to smile.amazon.com and choose Food at First (from Ames, Iowa).
How to Set-Up Amazon Smile
Firefox: If you use the Firefox browser click here https://addons.mozilla.org/ , search for “smile” click the smile add-on and add the smile add-on to your Firefox. From now on this add-on automatically redirects to smile.amazon.com. Easy peasy, automatic.
Chrome: If you use the Chrome browser click here https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ search for “smile” next to “smile always” click add to Chrome. From now on this add-on automatically redirects to smile.amazon.com.
Safari: If you use Safari browser click here click KeepOnSmiling.safariextz which will download this extension. Find the downloaded file in the download folder and double click it. Click “Trust” when asked. From now on this add-on automatically redirects to smile.amazon.com.
501(c)(3) Charity
*Food at First is tax-exempt under the section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Food At First tax ID number is 27-0597091. It is eligible to receive contributions, deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes. For more information click here.
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