super-market sweep

The local food banks are desperately low on food, so as a church we've decided to collect as much food as we can to remedy that situation.  We've asked that people bring food with them whenever they're coming to the building.  Everyone from our smallest kids to the oldest adults are pitching in.  It's great.

Last night for ACT, our 18+ gathering, we asked everyone to bring some cash, and then after we wrapped up with our usual activities and split up into teams before crashing the Safeway.  The teams were given a shopping list of Thanksgiving meal essentials, and then given the freedom to expand beyond the list to use the rest of their budget. 

I thought for sure we were going to get kicked out before we even started, but it was late enough that they let us have our fun and resorted to just giving us weird looks.  We all had a blast, and best of all we were able to get a bunch of food for people who will really need it.

What are some creative ways you/your friends/your family is working to serve others as we enter the holiday season?