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Food With a Mission

Restoration Relief has teamed up with Water Street Mission every holiday season since 2017 to support local individuals and families facing hardships. Each year, our objective is to maximize food collections by collaborating with area businesses to establish convenient drop-off locations for community donations. We then utilize our own fleet to transport these items straight to Water Street Mission in time for Thanksgiving. This collaborative effort helps provide nearly 27,000 meals to individuals experiencing homelessness, while also supplying thousands of grocery bags to those who need them most.

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Help us achieve our Goal of 13,000 lbs for 2026!

When does Food with a Mission 2026 take place?

The Food Drive will be held this year from November 2 to November 25, 2026. If you’d like to be a drop-off location for donations, sign up below and we’ll help you get started. 

For over a century, Water Street Mission has been serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness and poverty by providing meals, shelter, recovery programs, and life-changing support.

 

One of the easiest and most impactful ways your business can help is by serving as an official Food Drive collection site.

When you sign up below:

✔️ Restoration Relief provides collection boxes

✔️ You choose how many boxes fit your location

✔️ We deliver the boxes directly to your business

✔️ We schedule and handle all pick-ups

✔️ We transport donations directly to Water Street Mission

Most participating businesses start with 2 collection boxes, but if your team fills them quickly, we’ll happily swap them out and provide more.

Once your Drive begins, invite everyone you can to participate:

  • Employees and coworkers
  • Friends and family
  • Customers and clients
  • Social media followers
  • Community groups and organizations

People often want to help but simply need a reminder. A kickoff announcement, a mid-drive update, and a final reminder can make a huge difference.

Use the communication channels your audience already trusts:

  • Email
  • Company newsletters
  • Teams or Slack
  • Social media
  • Community bulletin boards
  • Team meetings and announcements

Breakfast

● Instant oatmeal (variety packs or plain)

● Pancake mix (boxed)

● Syrup

● Cereal

● Coffee (ground or whole bean)

● Boxes of tea

Pantry Staples

● Peanut butter

● Jelly

● White rice (1 lb. bags)

● Dry beans (1 lb. bags)

● Dry pasta (angel hair and spaghetti preferred)

● Macaroni & cheese (boxed)

● Mashed potatoes (boxed)

Canned Goods

● Canned vegetables (corn & mixed vegetables preferred)

● Canned fruit (peaches, oranges & fruit cocktail preferred)

● Canned beans

● Canned soups

● Canned meats (tuna & chicken)

● Tomato sauce

● Condensed milk

Condiments, Sauces & Seasonings

● Salad dressings

● Condiments (ketchup, mayo, mustard & BBQ sauce)

● Soy sauce

● Lemon & lime juice

● Vinegar (white, apple cider & red wine)

● Seasonings (salt, black pepper, garlic powder, herbs, etc.

Cooking & Baking Essentials

● White & brown sugar (boxed)

● Cooking oil (olive oil preferred)

● Corn starch

It’s simple!

Fill a grocery bag with any of the suggested items and bring it to the drop-off location closest to you.

Before donating, please make sure food items are:

✔️ Unopened

✔️ Unexpired

✔️ Preferably not packaged in glass containers

Every donation, no matter the size, helps provide nutritious food to people in our community who need it most.

See below!

The Restoration Relief team will coordinate a convenient pickup date with your business. Once collected, our fleet delivers the donations directly to Water Street Mission. You collect. We handle the rest.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Donations are officially weighed when they arrive at Water Street Mission, so there’s no need to track pounds during your collection drive.

Drop-Off Locations

Skip the map: Food with a Mission 2026 Drop-Off Locations

This map has 79 places, listed after it.

  • ACI Construction, 10 Parkview Heights Road, Ephrata, PA 17602.
  • Age in Place Home Care, 226 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • Annie Metzler Ins, 175 Oak Bottom Rd, Quarryville, PA 17566.
  • Artsana USA, Inc. (Chicco), 1826 William Penn Way, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Barley Snyder, 126 East King St, Lancaster, PA.
  • Baron Ins, 20 E High St, Manheim, PA 17545.
  • Baron Ins, 48 Queen Rd, Gordonville, PA 17529.
  • Benchmark, 4124 Oregon Pike, Ephrata, PA 17522.
  • Benjamin Smith State Farm, 2481 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Benner Ins, 310 Historic Dr, Strasburg, PA 17579.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Centerville, 215 S Centerville Rd, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • Berkshire Hathaway NP, 150 North Point Blvd, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Calvary Home, 502 Elizabeth Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Cavod- Manheim, 1223 Lancaster Rd, Manheim, PA 17545.
  • Cavod- New Holland, 665 W Main St, New Holland, PA 17557.
  • CGA Architects, 134 W Main St, Leola, PA 17540.
  • CH & E, 1270 Grofftown Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • Choice Home Remodeling, 550 E Main St, New Holland, PA 17557.
  • Clark Food Service Equipment, 2551 Horseshoe Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Cocalico Plumbing, 27 N 4th Street, Denver, PA 17517.
  • Custom Plumbing, 920 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • Dan Burton SF, 5313 A Main St, East Petersburg, PA 17520.
  • Edward Jones, 201 E Main St, New Holland, PA 17557.
  • EG Stoltzfus Homes, 474 Mt Sidney Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • Element by Bodega, 124 E Main St, Ephrata, PA 17522.
  • Evergreen Retirement Community, 1300 East King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • Fed Ex, 1851 Colonial Village Ln, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • First National Bank, 1416 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Forbes Insurance Agency, 1729 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • GCM Built, 1150 W Main St, Mount Joy, PA 17552.
  • Hanover Engineering, 1438 W Main St, Ephrata, PA 17522.
  • HB McClure, 791 Flory Mill Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Hinkle Ins, 705 Olde Hickory Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Horst-Ashlea Gardens, 150 Ashlea Gardens, New Holland, PA 17557.
  • Inu Salon, 1571 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • JCM Living - Colebrook Apart, 8-C Welsh Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • JCM Living - Fallbrook Flats, 3889 East Market Street, York, PA 17402.
  • JCM Living - Windsor Court, 1831 Hidden Lane, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • JM Lapp Plumbing, 330 E Main St, New Holland, PA 17557.
  • JSL Mechanical, 2760 N. Reading Rd, Reinholds, PA 17569.
  • Keystone Custome Homes, 227 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Kingsway Realty- Lancaster, 1770 Oregon Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • KMA Ins, 43 S Market St, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
  • Kountry Korner, 610 PA-897, Reinholds, PA 17569.
  • Lancaster Bible College, 901 Eden Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Lancaster Gift Box, 317 N. Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • Landis Heritage, 221 W 4th Street, Quarryville, PA 17566.
  • LifeNet Supplements, 1020 Sharp Avenue, Ephrata, PA 17522.
  • Marc Bellettiere SF, 3821 Main Street, Morgantown, PA 19543.
  • Martin's Flooring, 608 Dwight Rd, Denver, PA 17517.
  • Martin's Flooring - Lancaster, 3130 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • McLennan Contracting, 780 Eden Road, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Miller & Sons, 2021 Horseshoe Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • MMG- Featherton Crossings Apartments, 101 Mandarin Ln, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
  • Morr Indoor Range, 2488 Willow Street Pike, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • MPB Insurance, 27 E Main St, Lititz, PA 17543.
  • Neffsville Plumbing, 1208 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • ONE 2 ONE, Inc., 617 S Water St, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • Paul Risk, 11 West State Street, Quarryville, PA 17566.
  • Reilly Insurance-Camp Hill, 3030 Gettysburg Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011.
  • Reilly Insurance-Duncannon, 2 South Market Street, Duncannon, PA 17020.
  • Reilly Insurance-Elizabethtown, 1255 S Market St #203, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
  • Reilly Insurance-Harrisburg, 2704 Commerce Dr Suite C, Harrisburg, PA 17110.
  • Rocky Ridge Auto, 480 N Reading Rd, Ephrata, PA 17522.
  • Rutt Insurance, 83 E Main St, Mount Joy, PA 17552.
  • Saxton & Stump, 24 N Lime St, Lancaster, PA 17602.
  • Seymours Little Shop of Books LLC, 45 E Main Street, Mount Joy, PA 17552.
  • Smucker Company, 15 Newport Rd, Leola, PA 17540.
  • The Restaurant Store, 2209 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, PA 17522.
  • TM Plumbing & Heating, 1020 Reading Rd, Narvon, PA 17555.
  • Traditions Bank, 1687 Oregon Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Udder Choice, 1812 W Main St, Ephrata, PA 17522.
  • Unruh Ins- East Earl office, 1344 Main St, East Earl, PA 17519.
  • Waller Insurance, 2938 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603.
  • Wall to Wall, 232 Hartman Bridge Rd, Ronks, PA 17572.
  • West Main Auto, 14 W Main St, Mount Joy, PA 17552.
  • Wohlsen Construction Company (NEW), 1295 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601.
  • Wolf & Kline, 1749 Old Rothsville Rd, Lititz, PA 17543.
  • Z Motor Company, 5466 Main St, East Petersburg, PA 17520.

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