A corporate snack pack event is a simple, high-impact way for companies to engage employees while addressing a real social need — hunger in local communities. It’s a volunteer team-building activity where employees pack beneficial snacks and positive notes into kits that are donated to children and families facing food insecurity. Unlike traditional meal-packing events that require on-site logistics, snack pack events by MATTER can be done anywhere — in the office, at home, or across dozens of locations simultaneously.

What Is a Corporate Snack Pack Event?

At its core, a snack pack event combines corporate volunteering and employee engagement. Employees work together to assemble small kits containing beneficial snacks along with handwritten “You Matter” notes of encouragement. Each completed pack is donated to local schools, youth programs, or community organizations in the areas where employees live and work.

For companies, this kind of event is more than charity. It’s an opportunity to create a shared purpose experience — one that’s easy to organize, meaningful to participants, and visibly impactful to the community.

When hosted through MATTER’s Snack Pack offering, all the materials — from the snacks to the packaging to shipping logistics — are included. This turnkey model eliminates the need for complex planning, while the national distribution ensures every team member, regardless of location, can contribute to a local cause.

How It Works

1. Choose Your Event Format: Whether in-office, remote, or hybrid, MATTERbox Snack Pack events adapt to your workforce. MATTER ships all necessary supplies directly to your office or employees’ homes.
2. Assemble the Kits: Employees pack snacks and include personalized notes of encouragement. Many companies add a brief kickoff message from leadership to emphasize the event’s connection to company values.
3. Share and Donate: Completed snack packs can be donated to local partner organizations — ensuring the impact stays close to home.
4. Celebrate and Reflect: Teams often share photos, host wrap-up discussions, or highlight the event in internal newsletters to reinforce purpose and engagement.

The entire process can be completed in under two hours, making it ideal for lunch breaks, team-building days, or national “Day of Service” events.

Why Snack Pack Events Work

Snack pack events succeed because they connect employee engagement with tangible community impact.

They work on three levels:

• Simplicity: Companies don’t need to coordinate complex logistics or travel. MATTER handles shipping, supplies, and local distribution.
• Scalability: Whether you have 25 employees or 2,000, everyone can participate at the same time — from headquarters or home offices across the country.
• Authenticity: Participants can see and feel their impact. Packing food for children in need, adding handwritten notes, and knowing the kits go to local organizations builds pride and connection.

Research consistently shows that purpose-driven volunteering boosts employee satisfaction, retention, and motivation. A snack pack event transforms abstract “CSR goals” into a shared, personal act of giving.

A Real Example: Discover’s 40-State Engagement Event

When Discover Financial Services partnered with MATTER, they wanted an inclusive way to engage both in-office and remote employees. The result: a nationwide MATTERbox snack pack event that activated more than 2,000 employees across 40 states.

MATTER shipped kits to Discover’s offices and to individual employee homes. On a single day, every participant — from call centers to remote offices — packed snack packs for their local communities. The event connected employees through a shared purpose, boosted engagement scores, and supported food programs in every region Discover operates.

This model proves that a simple concept can deliver enormous impact when executed at scale.

How to Get Started

Ready to pack purpose into your next team-event? Hosting a corporate snack pack event is simple with MATTER:

• Visit matter.ngo/employee-engagement
• Choose your event size and format (onsite, remote, or hybrid)
• Let MATTER handle the rest — shipping, setup guidance, and delivery to local nonprofits

Your team gains a memorable, hands-on experience that strengthens connection and purpose, while your company creates visible impact in the communities where your employees live and work!