What is Trick or Treat Hunger?
Trick or Treat Hunger is an initiative led by Marist students that targets hunger in the greater Atlanta area. Students and their families from the Marist School collect food and monetary donations during the month of October to help limit hunger for those in need.
How does Trick or Treat Hunger Work?
Step 1: Sign Up through the "Covered Streets" tab
Step 2: Let your neighbors know you are collecting food donations prior to Halloween night. It is best to develop a personalized letter to give to your neighbors.
Further information is available on the "Before The Event" and "Resources" tab.
Step 3: Collect food donations and drop off at Marist School on the scheduled days.
Optional Step: Donate via the Atlanta Community Food Bank's QR Code:
Who does Trick or Treat Hunger?
Children, teenagers, family and neighbors can all get in on the fun with this event that brings people and communities closer. Children and teenagers are the primary participants; however, parents can get involved in each step as well (especially for younger children).
For those walking longer routes (more than 10 homes) parents are especially needed on the day of the event to drive around and unload the food collection wagon (or their trunk!) throughout the route.
What items are needed?
- A letter asking for participation .... A letter with a Halloween art or recognizable image on the front and a description of Trick or Treat Hunger and a request for participation on the back is handed out to neighbors. It is recommended that this be distributed 2X. The week and the day before the event. Distributing letters 2X on this schedule has led to ~ 75% participation from neighbors.
- A letter thanking your neighbors for participation ....On the day of the collection, children or teenagers give the letter as a thanks to the neighbors that participate.
- A copier .... Run enough copies of the first letter to cover your street once, maybe twice. Run copies of the thank you note.
- A wagon and a car .... Parents this is where you come in to help with the collection. You'll be amazed at the volume of food that people donate. It can get heavy.
How to sign up?
1. Click on the "Covered Streets" Tab at the top of this page.
2. Look at the map to see if the street you would like to cover is available (no pin drop listed on the street on the map)
3. Register using your e-mail address and a password you create. Then claim streets you would like to cover.
History of Trick or Treat Hunger's Success
2010: Two participants collected 294 pounds of food, the equivalent of 226 meals.
2011: Twenty-six families collected 3,711 pounds of food, the equivalent of 2,853 meals.
2012: Thirty families collected 4,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of 3,077 meals.
2013: Thirty-five families collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 4,761 pounds of food or 3,662 meals.
2014: Fifty-five families collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 7,391 pounds of food or 5,685 meals.
2015: Forty families collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 6,308 lbs of food or 4,852 meeals.
2016: Twenty-two families collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 6,945 lbs of food or 5,342 meals.
2017: Seventeen families collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 6,092 lbs of food or 5,077 meals.
2018: Nineteen families collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 8,338 lbs of food or 6,948 meals.
2019: Thirty families and multiple student contributors at Marist School collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 8,654 lbs of food or 7,212 meals.
2020: Two hundered and five Marist students collected food and cash resulting in the equivalent of 33,003 lbs of food or 27,504 meals.
Lincoln Parker and Toby Gaynes with the Food
Collected in 2011 (3,711 pounds)
A group of participants from the 2013 event at MCLL
Some of the participants in 2012
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