donation drive
Organized giving effort
A donation drive is an organized campaign to collect contributions—typically money, food, clothing, or blood—for a charitable cause.
Schools hold coat drives in winter, offices run food drives before holidays, and organizations coordinate blood drives year-round.
The term emphasizes active solicitation rather than passive acceptance: The church is holding a donation drive for hurricane victims.
- fundraiserEvent collecting money
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- collectionGathered set of items
- giving backContributing to others' welfare
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
nonprofit · giving · pledge · contribute · corporate sponsor · sponsor · canned goods · silent auction · raffle · spare change · community · generosity · bucket · telethon · door to door · cause · wish list · outreach
- donation drives
- disaster responsedisaster relief, search and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter
- advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community activitiespotluck, community garden, neighborhood watch, barn raising, community cleanup
- community servicefood pantry, Peace Corps, soup kitchen, AmeriCorps, homeless shelter
donation drivepurchase
Goods obtained for payment
buying spree · sale · commercial transaction · shopping spree · tax collection
donation drivegiveaway
Free item or betraying clue
disbursement · food distribution · wealth redistribution · liquidation sale · clearance
donation driveprice gouging
Excessive pricing during crises
tax collection · debt collection · asset seizure · repossession · predatory lending
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