Campaigns

EFWA is here until poverty isn’t. Our members and volunteers run seasonal campaigns to fight for members’ basic necessities all year round. Join us!

Winter Survival Campaign

Volunteers in a neighborhood in winter

January - March

Help End the Winter Death Toll!

  • Collect blankets, jackets, scarves, hats, gloves and boots for members and their children

  • Collect safe space heaters

  • Collect high-protein foods: canned meats (halal and non-halal), beans, lentils

  • Collect soups and starches (rice, maseca, oats, potatoes, flour, spaghetti)

  • Join the Winter Watch phone tree to keep in contact with members in vulnerable situations

  • Join the winter canvass campaign to reach members and potential members in their homes, where many risk no-heat situations or other emergencies

Spring Expansion Campaign

Volunteer at a literature table

April - June

April is the cruelest month - you can help

  • Collect rain gear and waterproof boots that returning migrant row crop workers will need in inclement weather, and with muddy, wet fields to protect their clothing

  • Collect 10 lb bags of rice, bags of beans, tomato products, seasonings, cooking oil, maseca and dried chiles to assist returning farm workers

  • Sign up as a bilingual volunteer

  • Begin supply drives for fans, air conditioners and other items to help members keep cool in the heatwaves to come

  • Host speaking engagements in your classroom, house of worship, club meeting or other assembly to spread the word

Summer Survival Campaign

Volunteers talking to a person in the neighborhood

July - September

Help Beat the Summer Heat

  • Join Summer Survival canvasses and go door-to-door in low-income neighborhoods where members have invited EFWA to sign up new members

  • Join camp crews to reach workers on the farms who work in high heat

  • Collect and distribute water, brimmed hats, light-weight long-sleeved shirts, sunscreen and personal hygiene items

  • Collect and distribute fans, window AC units, dehumidifiers and swamp coolers and their supplies

  • Advocate to stop utility shutoffs

  • Collect and distribute Back-to-School supplies for EFWA’s annual Back-to-School Benefit

Holiday Campaign

Photo of volunteers at a toy sort

October - December

Help make the holidays
a joyful season

  • Help organize a Trick-or-Treat for Farm Workers food drive and a Safe and Sane Halloween party

  • Collect and distribute costumes for member families enrolled in a participatory budget-saving program

  • Collect turkeys and all the fixings for Thanksgiving Turkey Baskets and deliver them to members in nine counties

  • Collect toys and holiday food for Holiday Food Baskets

  • Organize a Family Holiday Party for member families