Thank you for your interest in helping fulfill our mission to lead our community to feed the hungry and conquer the cycle of need.
To partner with Dare to Care, the following items are mandatory:
- Be located in one of the following counties: Kentucky (Jefferson, Bullitt, Spencer, Shelby, Oldham, Henry, Trimble, Carroll) or Indiana (Floyd, Clark, Washington, Harrison, Crawford)
- Be a non-profit organization with proof of 501(C)3 status from the IRS.
- Be incorporated for the purpose of serving the needy, ill, infants or elderly. 51% or more of clients served must be below the poverty/low income bracket.
- Cannot charge for food, be reimbursed, compensated or require services in exchange for food.
- Cannot be an entity of a municipality (e.g. a school, hospital or prison).
- Have a working email address and be computer literate.
- Use product for the stated purposes of the program.
- Be willing to distribute food at least once per week.
- Be willing to provide a $50 non-refundable application fee upon submitting application. Re-applicants also pay this fee.
- Be willing to provide a monthly report on feeding statistics, answering questions like, “How many individuals did you provide food for this month?”
- Adhere to our mandate that no client can be required to pay, pray or work to acquire Dare to Care Food Bank foods.
- If a community kitchen or feeding site, possess a current, appropriate level and type of food safety certification as well as an adequate health department grade.
- Cannot not deny access to donated product on the basis of race, creed, national origin, religious affiliations, sex, sexual preference, age or handicap.
To receive an application and hear more information about partnership, please RSVP to attend one of the upcoming “First Step” meetings located at our food bank at 5803 Fern Valley Road. Our enrollment season for new partners occurs each year between March 1st and August 15th. Each meeting is approximately an hour long and we ask that you please bring at least 3 agency administrators (one program coordinator and two others that run your program).
All meetings begin at 12:00 p.m. Please address your RSVP to Katie Wilson at Katie@daretocare.org
Upcoming dates include:
Friday, May 25
Friday, June 8
Friday, July 13
Friday, July 27
