donation drives
Organized giving campaigns
Donation drives are organized campaigns to collect contributions—usually money, food, clothing, or blood—for a charitable cause.
They typically run for a limited time and rally a community around a specific need: The school held a coat donation drive before winter, The Red Cross blood donation drive runs through Friday.
The plural form is standard; a single campaign is a donation drive.
- telethonsLengthy charitable broadcasts
- homeless sheltersTemporary residence for unhoused
- toysObjects for amusement
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- gently usedPreviously owned, good condition
fundraising campaigns · hygiene products · canned goods · food · food banks · money · spare change · volunteers · donors · crowdfunding platforms · community centers · local church · drop-off location · disaster relief · blood drives · public service announcements · nonprofit organizations · schools
- mutual aidteamwork, helping, sharing, lending, cooperation
- Online Activismhashtag activism, online petitions, social media activism, clicktivism, slacktivism
- disaster responsedisaster relief, search and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- community organizationscommunity centers, nonprofits, civic groups, volunteer groups, civic clubs
- community servicefood pantry, Peace Corps, soup kitchen, AmeriCorps, homeless shelter
donation drivestax collection
Obtaining owed government payments
asset seizure · looting · confiscation · protection rackets · plundering
donation drivespassing the hat
Soliciting voluntary contributions
donation drivesaid distribution
Allocating humanitarian supplies