Holiday Hunger Project

Red Bag Food Drive

For over 20 years, Altrusa DFW has held our Red Bag Food Drive and has donated THOUSANDS of pounds of food to local food pantries and families in need.

In late November/early December, we organize an army of volunteers to hand-deliver rolled Red Bags to thousands of households in Southlake, Keller, Trophy Club, and other surrounding communities. We include a flyer with each bag that asks our neighbors to fill the Red Bag with non-perishable food items and put them by their front door the following week for pick up. Our amazing group of volunteers picks up the filled bags and takes them to a centralized location, where several area food pantries have their vehicles ready to be loaded up.

In 2022, we collected approximately 25,000 pounds of food, and in 2023 that increased to 28,000 pounds— yes, 14 TONS! In 2024 we plan to hand-deliver 9,000 Red Bags to area neighborhoods, and hope to collect even more TONS of food for those experiencing food insecurity.

Our volunteers who make the Red Bag Food Drive such a success by delivering and picking up Red Bags include Altrusa DFW members and their families, CSHS Young Men’s Service League, Trophy Club National Honor Society, CSHS National Charity League, CISD ASTRA, CSHS Girls’ SASO, and more. We sincerely thank them for offering their time and efforts to this cause.

We also wish to thank Southlake Women’s Club for underwriting a portion of this project with a grant from their Art in the Square fundraiser.