The Great American Egg Drive

The Great American Egg Drive

10,039,272 Eggs Donated!

Each spring, eggs are part of meaningful moments and traditions across the country—from Easter to Passover and beyond. After all, you can’t have Easter without eggs. Through the Great American Egg Drive, America’s egg farmers are coming together in an effort led by the American Egg Board to help more families be part of those moments by donating eggs to communities nationwide.

As members of their local communities, egg farmers are proud to give back and share a food that plays an important role in so many spring celebrations—from Seder plates and egg dyeing traditions to the family-favorite recipes that bring people together.

At the same time, millions of families across the country face food insecurity. More than 47 million people in the United States, including 14.1 million children, lived in food-insecure households in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This year, the Great American Egg Drive is expanded through a partnership with HATCH, a nonprofit that connects farms with food banks to deliver fresh protein to communities in need. While more than 5.6 million eggs have been donated through coordinated events nationwide, additional smaller community donations and partnerships like HATCH have helped grow the effort to more than 10 million eggs supporting families across the country.

Eggs are one of the most in-demand foods at food banks because they are nature’s perfect protein. Just one egg provides 6 grams of high-quality protein and 13 essential nutrients, making eggs a versatile option families can use in a wide variety of meals.

Follow #GreatAmericanEggDrive on social media to see how egg farmers and partners are sharing eggs this spring.

Opal Foods Donated 50,000 eggs to Food Bank of the Rockies in Denver, CO, on April 3, 2026.

Recent Donations

Cal-Maine donated 280,800 eggs to Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina in Raleigh on April 3, 2026. 
Hertzfeld Poultry Farms donated 50,000 eggs to Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank on April 2, 2026. ​
Mid-States Specialty Eggs donated 90,000 eggs to the St. Louis Area Food Bank on March 30, 2026.
Sauder’s Eggs donated 72,000 eggs to Philabundance in Philadelphia on March 27, 2026.
Hillandale Farms donated 60,000 eggs to the Greater Chicago Food Depository on March 26, 2026.
Deb El Food Products donated 2,100,000 eggs to the Met Council in New York City on March 24, 2026.
Braswell Farms and Simpson’s Eggs donated 259,600 eggs to Food Bank of Metrolina in Charlotte, NC, on April 2, 2026. 
Hudson Egg Farms, Kreher Family Farms and Giroux’s Poultry Farm jointly donated 1 million eggs to Food Bank For NYC on April 1, 2026.
Rosemary Farm donated 108,000 eggs to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank on March 30, 2026.​
MPS Egg Farms donated 302,400 eggs to the Atlanta Community Food Bank on March 27, 2026.
Cooper Farms and Weaver Eggs donated 216,000 eggs to Greater Cleveland Food Bank on March 26, 2026.
Dutt & Wagner and Green Valley Poultry Farm donated 97,200 to Feed More Food Bank in Richmond, VA, on April 2, 2026.
Versova donated 280,800 eggs to Food Bank of Iowa on March 31, 2026
Versova donated 280,800 eggs to Food Bank of Iowa on March 31, 2026.
Prairie Star Farms donated 302,400 eggs to the Mid-Ohio Food Collective in Columbus, Ohio, on March 30, 2026.
Cal-Maine Foods donated 97,000 eggs to Feeding South Florida on March 27, 2026.
Cal-Maine donated 97,200 eggs to Houston Food Bank on March 25, 2026.