Help us Stock our Shelves

Pro­vid­ing food to hun­gry chil­dren, fam­i­lies, and senior cit­i­zens is the foun­da­tion of our work, and it would not be pos­si­ble with­out the gen­er­ous con­tri­bu­tions of the food indus­try, Sec­ond Help­ings, food drive spon­sors, and indi­vid­ual food donors.

Church, Busi­ness and Group Donations

The work of BSH is truly a com­mu­nity effort, assisted in large part by the con­tin­u­ing gen­eros­ity of the local food indus­try, churches and local groups. If not for reg­u­lar dona­tions by  dis­trib­u­tors, super­mar­kets, and grow­ers, there would be sig­nif­i­cantly less food for BSH to dis­trib­ute to those in need. Whether it’s excess inven­tory, restau­rant sur­plus, or prod­ucts that are cos­met­i­cally imper­fect or min­i­mally out of date – BSH can use it to feed people.

Your Dona­tions Help in Many Ways.

If not for reg­u­lar dona­tions by man­u­fac­tur­ers, whole­salers, dis­trib­u­tors, super­mar­kets, and grow­ers, there would be sig­nif­i­cantly less food BSH to dis­trib­ute to those in need. We truly appre­ci­ate our net­work of BSH sup­port­ers who donate their time, money and tal­ents to the mis­sion of Bluffton Self Help. We thank them for their gifts and we are priv­i­leged to put their com­pas­sion into action.

If you are an orga­ni­za­tion with excess inven­tory, sur­plus from restau­rants, or prod­ucts  short code dated, or min­i­mally out of spec­i­fi­ca­tion, BSH can use it to feed our Bluffton neighbors.

Indi­vid­ual Food Donations

BSH gladly accepts unopened, non­per­ish­able food items from indi­vid­ual donors. Dona­tions can be dropped off at our agency Mon­day through Fri­day, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cre­ate a habit of buy­ing a few extra cans of food when you go to the gro­cery store, or take advan­tage of super­mar­ket sales and two-for-one coupons. Donate your dis­counted or free items to BSH! The most requested items include canned meats and veg­eta­bles, beans and legumes, and dis­pos­able dia­pers in all sizes. To see a list of our most-needed food items, down­load the BSH Most Wanted Items List!

More specif­i­cally, we always need:

Non-perishable Food Items:

• Canned Meats or Fish (beef stew, tuna, salmon, chicken, ham, Spam, corned beef hash)

• Canned Fruits in Own Juices or Light Syrup (pineap­ples, peaches, and pears)

• 100% Fruit Juices (all sizes includ­ing juice boxes)

• Grains (pasta, whole wheat pasta, white rice, brown rice, mac­a­roni and cheese)

• Canned Veg­eta­bles (mixed, green beans, corn, peas, tomatoes)

• Dry or Canned Beans (pinto, gar­banzo, black, refried, chili, kid­ney, black-eyed peas, pork and beans…)

• Soups (assorted hearty or chunky soups, tomato and mush­room soups)

• Cereal (chee­rios, corn­flakes, raisin bran, Total, and kid­friendly cereals)

• Instant boxed potatoes

• Peanut But­ter and Jel­lies or Jams (the chil­dren love grape jelly)

• Canned ravi­oli and spaghetti sauce

Our Con­tact Information:

Our street address for all food and cloth­ing dona­tions is:

Bluffton Self Help, Inc.
39 Sheri­dan Park Cir­cle, Suite 10
Bluffton, SC 29910

You are wel­come to stop by any­time between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm Mon­day through Fri­day to drop off cloth­ing. If you are a new friend of BSH, or if you have a large dona­tion that will require assis­tance unload­ing, give us a call first and let us know when you will be stop­ping by.

Our tele­phone num­ber is:

Phone: (843) 757‑8000