Businesses and community groups are essential partners in the Amherst Survival Center’s mission.
By becoming a business or community sponsor, you help ensure that every neighbor has access to nutritious food, basic necessities, and a welcoming place to connect. Your support strengthens our community — meeting immediate needs while building a future rooted in care, dignity, and belonging.
Businesses and community organizations play a vital role in sustaining the Amherst Survival Center’s mission. Your partnership can take many forms — from providing financial support and in-kind donations of goods and services to leading workplace drives for food, clothing, and personal care items, or volunteering time and skills.
We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with local businesses and organizations to create a partnership that aligns with your values and goals.
Your support will:
Learn more about sponsorship opportunities and other ways to be involved by contacting development@amherstsurvival.org or 413-549 – 3968 x 108 or 413-200-0644.
Event Sponsorship
Sponsor one of our major fundraising events, Empty Bowls in the Spring and Hike for Hunger in October. Event sponsorships are available at different levels and are recognized in a variety of ways.
Program Sponsorship
Provide targeted support for the Amherst Survival Center’s mission by sponsoring a day of services or a specific program. Examples of program sponsorship opportunities include sponsoring a Hot Lunch, A Day of Services, Food Pantry programs, Meals for the Week, and the Personal Care Pantry.
Donations of Goods and Services
In-kind donations of goods and services support our programs and help the organization offset operational costs. We gratefully accept donations of food, personal care items, printing services, creative and professional services, event space, and advertising placements. MORE INFO
Workplace Drives
Drives are a great way to unite your business around the cause of fighting hunger and supporting our neighbors in need. For ideas and more information on how to execute a successful Food & Fund Drive, click here. We also welcome community drives for other needed items such as personal care items, diapers, and (new) children’s books and games for our Holiday Gift Program.
Volunteering
Engage your team and make a difference. Our Volunteer Coordinator is happy to arrange the right project that meets the specific interest of your employees and the needs of the center. Learn more about volunteer opportunities.
Job Services and Recruitment
Participate in the Center’s job fairs or let our Job Search Assistance program know of a job opening at your business. Our Job Search Assistance Program offers personalized coaching for job seekers at all skill levels.
Current Business and Organization Partners
The Amherst Survival Center thrives because of the partnership and generosity of local businesses and organizations who care about their community.
Your collaboration helps provide food, resources, and connection to thousands of neighbors every year.
We’re excited to launch a new Sponsorship and Partnership Program soon — with meaningful ways to get involved and be recognized.
To explore partnership opportunities, contact development@amherstsurvival.org or call
(413) 549-3968 x 108.
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or other ways to get involved, please
contact us at development@amherstsurvival.org or (413) 549-3968 x108.
Food Recovery Partners
Four days a week, Center volunteers drive to our partners—farms, supermarkets, restaurants, bakeries—and pick up plentiful donations of fresh produce and baked goods. The recovered food is immediately put out in our meals, Food Pantry, and in our Fresh Food Distribution area for people to take home.
Stores and Retailers
ALDI
Atkins Farms
Big Y
Marty’s Local
Mi Tierra
Panera Bread
Starbucks
Stop & Shop
Tandem Bagels
Target
Trader Joe’s
Walmart
Whole Foods Market
Farmers Fighting Hunger
Amherst College Book and Plow Farm
Brookfield Farm
Food Bank of Western
Mass Farm
Hampshire College Farm
Kitchen Garden Farm
Mycoterra Farm
Next Barn Over Farm
Old Friends Farm
Riverland Farm
Simple Gifts Farm
Stone Soup Farm
UMass Extension Vegetable Program
UMass Hydro Farm
UMass Permaculture
UMass Student Farm
Warner Farm
Generous In-Kind Contributors
These businesses, organizations, and professionals have donated goods and services in support of the Amherst Survival Center’s mission, operations, and events.
Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Amherst College Dining Services
Amherst Self Storage
Astwile Farm
Atkins Farms
Buckland Animal Control
Bueno y Sano
C & S Wholsale
Dakin Humane Society
Dean’s Beans
Insomnia Cookies
Lightlife
Panera Bread
Peterman’s Bowls and Boards
Peterson Productions DJs
Provisions
Rachel’s Table
Stakeholders Capital
Sue Yarworth Designs
Texas Roadhouse
UMass Dining
United Way Diaper Bank
W.D. Cowls, Inc. Land Company
Community Drives
We appreciate all the organizations, community groups, and businesses that hold drives for food, personal care items, clothing, and other essentials. This listing includes organizations that do ongoing drives or conduct multiple drives over the course of the year. Please see our monthly e-newsletter for other groups that hold drives or volunteer their time.
Amherst Dental Group
Amherst Pediatrics
Dale Frank Financial Group
Encharter Insurance
Grace Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Jewish Community of Amherst
Jones Group Realtors
Jones Library
Lichtenberg Veterinary Hospital
National Association of Letter Carriers (USPS)
The Toy Box
SWCA Environmental Consultants
UMassFive College Federal Credit Union
Zonta Clubs
Would you like to see the name of your business on this list?
To find out how your business can become an Amherst Survival Center partner, please contact Bianca Walker, Director of Development, by phone at 413-549-3968 ext. 108 or by email at development@amherstsurvival.org. Please also let us know if we inadvertently missed your business on these lists.
