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Neighborhood Captain Program

Engaging Students in the fight against hunger.

Dermer Dreams provides students a streamlined platform with all the supplies and support to run a successful food drive.

Students utilize their creativity and connections to design their own food drive.  The student creates their plan of action to fill as many bags as possible.

Upon delivering the food on collection day, the student earns community service hours while making a real difference in their community. 

Check out below How it Works / Create Your Plan of Action.

Students, Sign up for
Sunday October 26 2025

Late Sign-Ups Welcome!

It’s not a problem if you’re signing up late — we’re excited to have you join the Dermer Dreams team.

After you register, you’ll need to pick up your Dermer Dreams bags from one of the following locations. Please write us an email at neighborhoodcaptain@dermerdreams.org to confirm the location, date and time when you will pick up your bags and we will have them ready for you:

Central NJ:
165 Lewis Lane

Fair Haven, NJ 07704

Howell NJ:
Howell High School
405 Squankum Yellowbrook Rd.,

Howell, NJ 07731

Southern NJ:
217 Ridgewood Drive,

Northfield, NJ 08225

Northern NJ:
350 Highland Avenue,

Upper Montclair, NJ 07043


Sign Ups are now closed.
Check back later if you are interested in our next event in 2026!

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Watch this video – it will answer all of your questions about the Neighborhood Captain Program.

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LEARN MORE: THE 100 YARD FOOD CHALLENGE

All students in Central NJ who select the RFH football field drop site will deliver their food directly to the football field.

Join our team of students who will fill the entire football field with food.

How It Works

We provide high school students a streamlined platform with the supplies and support needed to run their own successful food drive.

Neighborhood Captain’s Role

Step 1:

Each Neighborhood Captain is provided Dermer Dreams donation bags and promotional materials.

Step 2:

The students take charge, utilizing their creativity & connections while creating their plan of action to collect as much food as possible.

Step 3:

Upon delivery of the food to our drop site, on collection day, the student earns 10 hours of Community Service.

IT’S SIMPLE. WE PROVIDE YOU EVERYTHING AT NO COST TO YOU!

It is the Neighborhood Captain’s job to manage the program from start to finish.

Create Your Plan Of Action!

Consider the following ideas or design your own to fill as many bags as possible.

  • Raise money through a Venmo campaign. Request $10 per person and go shopping to fill some of your bags.
  • Text friends & family who live nearby to request that they fill bags.
  • Distribute bags to people you know in your community.
  • Hand out bags in front of a supermarket and ask people to fill the bag as they are shopping.
  • Request that employees in your parents’ workplace fill bags.
  • Request that members of a team fill bags.
  • Distribute bags and letters to homes in your neighborhood and pick up the bags after 9am on pick up day.
  • Use social media to create awareness about your food drive.
  • Put a personal note inside the bag explaining why you want to help people who are hungry.
  • Offer personal pick-up times when someone can text you to pick up their bag.

Be Creative and Design the best plan of action for you!

 

See how this student used Venmo to fill bags!