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Enter the first day of your collection week. The timeline counts backwards and shows what should be done by when.

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  1. about 6 weeks before

    Check with your local food bank when it can pick up the donations and which rules apply to food. Also ask what it needs most right now: that becomes the star square in Crate Bingo.

    Crate Bingo

  2. about 5 weeks before

    Book one hour in the assembly hall for the pitch and a room for collecting. Also decide where the donations will be checked on counting day.

  3. about 4 weeks before

    Find out how your school handles photo consent. Only children with consent will be photographed.

  4. about 3 weeks before

    On counting day every donation is checked; last time this took about six hours. Ask early who can help.

  5. about 2 weeks before

    With the dates, the drop-off point and what is being collected. That way parents can shop in good time.

    Parent letter draft

  6. about 10 days before

    Play the video once in the assembly hall, with sound and without Wi-Fi.

    To the toolkit

  7. the week before

    The campaign is introduced and the video is shown. Announce the star square too. Afterwards every class knows what it is about.

  8. just before the start

    Put boxes in the classrooms or the collection room and hang up the classroom poster and the bingo sheet next to them.

    Classroom poster

  9. Start day

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

  10. right after the collection week

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

  11. on counting day or shortly after

    First photos with the classes, only with photo consent. Then the food bank picks up the crates.

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