What is a 'food drive'?

What is a "Food Drive"?

This refers to volunteer activities where surplus food from households and businesses is collected and donated to welfare organizations and facilities.
In Inagi City, we are implementing a "Food Drive" in collaboration with environmental organizations, the Social Welfare Council of Inagi City, and other welfare organizations to reduce food loss (such as food being discarded without being used), promote effective use of food, and support those in need.
The food you provided will be distributed to those in need through the food bank of Yanokuchi Children's Cafeteria, the Social Welfare Council of Inagi City, and the city's Welfare Department.

• Inagi Social Welfare Council Newsletter No. 199 (Excerpt) (PDF 920.6 KB)

Items being collected in the "Food Drive"

　

 

 

 

Note: All items must have a best-before date of at least one month or more.

• Canned goods
  (Meat, fish, fruits, etc.)
• Seasonings
  (Cooking oil, soy sauce, miso, sugar, etc.)
• Instant and Retort Foods
  (Excluding Frozen and Refrigerated Foods)
• Tea, Instant Coffee, etc.
• Dried Foods
  (Dried Noodles, Seaweed, etc.)
• Infants and Young Children Food
  (Powdered Milk, Baby Food, Weaning Food, etc.)
• Rice
  (Sealed with a milling date indicated, within one year after milling)

There is especially demand for cup noodles, packed rice, pasta, dried noodles, and the like.

Items that cannot be accepted

• Opened items or those with damaged packaging
• Items with less than one month remaining before the expiration date
• Rice that is not bagged, etc.
• Alcoholic beverages
• Homemade products
• Frozen or refrigerated foods
• Items not labeled in Japanese
• Foods intended for treatment purposes (such as supplements)

Reception Location

Locations	Address	Duration	Phone
Welfare Center (Volunteer Center)	Momura 7 Inagi City Welfare Center	Except holidays From 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM	042-378-3800 (Direct line)
Yanokuchi Community Center	Yanokuchi 1603 Inside Yanokuchi Neighborhood Association Hall	Monday, Wednesday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-379-7730
Omaru Community Center	Omaru 1171 Owens Health Plaza 1st Floor	Monday, Thursday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-370-2284
Sakahama Community Center	Sakahama 2996-2 Inside Inagi Senior Citizens' Hall	Monday, Wednesday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-331-4501
Hirao Community Center	Hirao 3-1-1 Hirao Housing 35-102 Inside Hirao Housing Complex Shopping Street	Monday, Wednesday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-331-5143
Fureai Center Oshitate	Oshitate 410-3 Joy House Tamagawa Meeting Room	Monday, Wednesday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-378-4682
Koyodai Community Center	Koyodai 3-2 Koyodai Elementary School	Monday, Wednesday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-319-2410
Nagamine Community Center	Nagamine 2-1-1 Inside Nagamine Oasis	Monday, Wednesday, Friday From 10 AM to 3 PM	042-331-5555
Eightpia Workshop	Hirao 1-9-1 Friend Complex Facility Hirao 1st Floor	Except Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays From 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM	042-350-1891
Antenna Shop Honoka	Koyodai 6-7 Shop on the grounds of Shiroyama Cultural Center	Tuesday, Saturday From 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.	090-2550-4461
AEON Food Style Inagi Nagunuma Store	Omaru 195-1	From 7 AM to 11 PM	042-378-6760
Peacock Store Inagi Nagunuma	1212-1 Higashi-Naganuma	From 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.	042-370-2601
Inagi City Living Environment Division	2111 Higashi-Naganuma Inagi City Hall 3rd Floor	Monday to Friday (excluding holidays) From 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM	042-378-2111 (Extension) 302, 303, 304