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Bring the campaign to your school.

For one week, your school collects non-perishable food. At the end we check every donation, pack everything into crates and hand it over to the local Tafel, Germany's network of food banks.

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What you need

Less than you think.

  • Time

    One week

    One school week for collecting. Ideally not during the holidays or exam season.

  • Place

    A room for collecting

    A room where donations are collected during the week and can stay until counting day.

  • Kick-off

    One hour in the assembly hall

    For the pitch: the campaign is introduced and we show our short video.

What we take care of

We plan the rest with you.

Good to know: Jam The Van is currently being set up as a registered association. Its charitable status has not been recognised yet, so we cannot issue donation receipts yet.

  • Planning

    We go through the process with you and agree on the dates.

  • Pitch video

    A short video for the assembly hall, so every class knows what it is about.

  • Materials

    Templates for the parent letter, the classroom poster and texts for your channels.

  • Counting day

    We count everything and look at every item: unopened and still good?

  • Handover

    We pack everything into crates. The local food bank picks them up.

How it works

Four steps to the food bank.

  1. Pitch

    The week before, the campaign is introduced in the assembly hall, with a short video.

  2. Collection week

    For one week, students bring non-perishable food and toiletries.

  3. Counting day

    We check every donation. Last time this took about six hours.

  4. Handover

    First photos with the classes, then the food bank picks up the crates.

See all dates in the timeline

Getting ready

Everything for your planning.

Toolkit

Templates to copy and print

Parent letter, classroom poster and text snippets for your website and messaging apps. Copy, fill in the placeholders, done.

To the toolkit

Campaign timeline

What to do when

Enter the start of your collection week and get a checklist with suggested dates to tick off, print and add to your calendar.

To the timeline

Are you a student and want to bring the campaign to your school? To the starter kit

Get in touch

Write to us.

Tell us which school you are at and which dates suit you. We will get back to you by email.

We are four volunteers, so we cannot take on every request straight away. We read every message and will tell you honestly whether and when it works for us.

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