MIMOSA Handcrafted's Annual Peanut Butter Drive in Baton Rouge

In 2017, we asked the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank how we could best help at its lowest donation time of the year - "peanut butter" was the answer.

We've been collecting peanut butter for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank every summer since.

This year's Peanut Butter Drive is happening Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 20. Find details of how to participate in this year's drive below.

MIMOSA's Baton Rouge Peanut Butter Drive 2025

Wait, so why peanut butter again? The BR Food Bank explained that protein-based donations are a "tremendous help because it is so expensive to get protein in your diet.”

Peanut butter is a low-cost, high-return donation, and it's EASY to transport, so it's a win/win.

Find all the ways you can participate below!

• Donate Money Online

  • Visit the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank website and donate any amount. (Yes, you read that right. Even $1 helps.)
  • Complete & submit this form.
  • MIMOSA will email you a 20% OFF discount code to use online at mimosahandcrafted.com or in person at the MIMOSA Shoppe.
    
    

• Volunteer Your Time
  
  
  • Volunteer at the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank (or your local food bank) for at least 1 hour. 
  • Complete & submit this form.
  • MIMOSA will email you a 20% OFF discount code to use online at mimosahandcrafted.com or in person at the MIMOSA Shoppe.
    
    

• Donate Jars of Peanut Butter
  
  
  • Please check all individual store hours before arriving to donate peanut butter.
• Bring all the jars of peanut butter you want to our Shoppe or one of the drop-off locations below from Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 20.
• You'll get a 20% OFF discount code to use online at mimosahandcrafted.com or in person at the MIMOSA Shoppe.
• And you’ll be entered to win a Peanut Pendant at the location where you donate!
• 2025 Participating Drop-Off Locations: 

• • • MIMOSA Shoppe
      • Mid City — Baton Rouge, LA
        
        
    • Baton Rouge Succulent Co.
      • Highlands/Perkins — Baton Rouge, LA
        
      • Offering a 20% discount on their pots and plants when you donate at their store.

• • • Emerald Layne
      • Southdowns — Baton Rouge, LA
      • Offering a 25% discount at Emerald Layne when you donate at their store.

• • • Fleurty Girl
      • Mid City — Baton Rouge, LA

• • • Hey Penelope
      • Bocage — Baton Rouge, LA
      • Offering a 20% discount at Hey, Penelope when you donate at their store.
        
        
    • I-Catchers Hair & Body Spa
      • Bluebonnet — Baton Rouge, LA
        
        
    • The Maybe Collection (in the Shopette behind the MIMOSA Shoppe)
      • Mid City — Baton Rouge, LA
        
        
    • Mustard Seed Creamery
      • Denham Springs, LA
      • Offering a free scoop of ice cream for each jar of peanut butter donated at their store.

• Phil's Oyster Bar & Seafood Restaurant
• Southdowns — Baton Rouge, LA
• Offering a free appetizer at Phil's when you donate. ( *Free appetizer available with the purchase of an entrée. One appetizer per table. Oysters are not included.)

• • • Red Stick Reads
      • Mid City — Baton Rouge, LA
      • Offering a 10% discount at Red Stick Reads when you donate at their store.
        
        
    • Roots Floral Preservation
      • Old Jefferson – Baton Rouge, LA
      • You'll be entered to win a wildflower knife from Roots Floral Preservation.

• MIMOSA's Baton Rouge Peanut Butter Drive — Purchase a $30 Fundraiser Spoon Pendant SOLD OUT
• MIMOSA is offering 20 of these bronze Spoon Pendants for $30 each. Each pendant comes on a cotton cord and with a small description card. 100% of the purchase price of the pendants sold will be donated to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.

MIMOSA's Baton Rouge Peanut Butter Drive — The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is a nonprofit organization in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Did you know? — The BR Food Bank serves an 11-parish area in the state. Those parishes include:

• Ascension
• Assumption
• East Baton Rouge
• East Feliciana
• Iberville
• Livingston
• Point Coupee
• St. Helena
• St. James
• West Baton Rouge
• West Feliciana

The BR Food Bank "solicit, inventory, and distribute donated products to nearly 125 member agencies that directly serve people facing hard times," which includes food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and more.

In 2022 alone, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank distributed "10.4 million meals." 

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank lists these 3 donation methods — Money, Food, and/or Time.

In 2022, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank "distributed more than 12.5 million pounds of food, the equivalent of more than 10.4 million meals..."

The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank Mission

"Our mission is to feed the hungry in Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes by providing food and educational outreach through faith-based and other community partners. With community support, we have served the hungry in our 11 parish service area for more than 35 years." – Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank

MIMOSA's Baton Rouge Peanut Butter Drive — Peanut Butter Fun

 

Peanut butter is a favorite snack of ours here at MIMOSA. It's packed with protein and pairs well with all sorts of fun foods. Here are ten peanut butter-based sandwich pairings! 

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How You Can Support the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank After MIMOSA's Peanut Butter Drive in Baton Rouge

 

Just because the Peanut Butter Drive in Baton Rouge ends doesn't mean your relationship with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank has to! 

An easy way to stay involved with the BR Food Bank is through its numerous volunteer opportunities. Whether volunteering yourself, with your family, or through an organization, those volunteer hours make a difference at the Food Bank.

You can also download the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank's free app and register for volunteer opportunities.

• How to Volunteer 
• Select a Volunteer Opportunity
• Volunteer FAQs