May
Campbell Soup Company and the Food Bank of Iowa team up with Des Moines letter carriers to Stamp Out Hunger, Saturday, May 11
May 8, 2013
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) and the Food Bank of Iowa will join forces with National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 352 to Stamp Out Hunger in the Des Moines area on Saturday, May 11. Now in its 21st year, the annual food drive helps provide assistance to the millions of Americans struggling to put food on their tables. To learn more, click here.
April
Iowa DNR's Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH) program recognizes 10 years of service to help feed hungry Iowans
April 11, 2013
The 2012-13 hunting season marked the 10 year anniversary of a one-of-a-kind program to the state of Iowa that helps feed hungry Iowans, Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH). Since its inception, HUSH has provided 2,354,696 pounds of ground venison to food banks and pantries throughout the state. To learn more, click here.
Food Bank of Iowa needs your vote
April 1, 2013
The Food Bank of Iowa is hoping the public can help them “click” their way to a grant from Walmart by voting for them in the Fighting Hunger Together initiative, a national campaign where money is awarded to programs that get the most votes for their innovative and effective programs that help alleviate child hunger. To learn more, click here.
Iowa egg farmers donate 34,560 eggs just in time for Easter
April 1, 2013
The Food Bank of Iowa is participating in the national Hunger in America 2014 study, an in-depth, quadrennial look at our clients in an effort to find ways to better serve those in need in our community. As part of the study, we are looking to recruit volunteers from the community to help facilitate the survey. To learn more, click here.
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March
Iowa egg farmers donate 34,560 eggs just in time for Easter
March 19, 2013
Centrum Valley Farms of Clarion, Iowa, are helping in the fight against hunger by donating more than 64,000 eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa on Wednesday, March 27 at 10 a.m. This donation is part of the United Egg Producers nationwide effort to give food insecure families a helping hand. To learn more, click here.
Iowa egg farmers donate 34,560 eggs just in time for Easter
March 19, 2013
Rose Acre Farms is helping in the fight against hunger by donating more than 34,000 eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa on Wednesday, March 20 at 9 a.m. This donation is part of the United Egg Producers nationwide effort to give food insecure families a helping hand. To learn more, click here.
Food Bank of Iowa receives $25,000 grant from Prairie Meadows
March 11, 2013
The Food Bank of Iowa is a recipient of a $25,000 grant through the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino Community Betterment Grant Program. Funds from this grant will directly impact the Food Bank of Iowa’s Backpack Buddies program. To learn more, click here.
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February
Food Bank of Iowa announces mobile pantry pilot program
February 27, 2013
Today, the Food Bank of Iowa announced the beginning of a mobile pantry pilot program. Funded through a $30,000 grant from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) awarded last fall, mobile pantries offer an added strategy toward bridging the food assistance gap for rural counties in the Food Bank of Iowa’s 55 county service area. The mobile pantry program will provide an additional access point for those in need to obtain food. To learn more, click here.
Food Bank of Iowa receives $149,128 grant from the David Tepper Charitable Foundation, Inc.
February 19, 2013
The Food Bank of Iowa is a recipient of the $149,128 grant from the David Tepper Charitable Foundation, Inc. These funds will purchase a new 24’ refrigerated truck that will allow the organization to expand their programs with additional deliveries and mobile pantries as the need for food assistance continues to increase. To learn more, click here.
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January
Sparboe Farms partners with Fareway stores to Fill The Truck
January 7, 2013
Beginning on January 8, 2013, with any size carton of Sparboe Farms eggs purchased at any Fareway store, Sparboe Farms will donate eggs through the Iowa Food Bank Association, which supports many of the communities where Fareway has stores. The goal is to fill an entire semi-truck with eggs – that is nearly 20,000 dozen eggs! To learn more, click here.
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December
Metlife Foundation awards $25,000 grant to the Food Bank of Iowa
December 21, 2012
MetLife Foundation has announced a $25,000 grant to the Food Bank of Iowa. The grant is part of MetLife Foundation’s Food Bank Initiative. The grant, one of thirteen awarded to communities across the country, will enable the Food Bank of Iowa to bring in more product for their partner agencies that depend on them to have adequate food resources available to help hungry Iowans. To learn more,
click here.
Union Pacific Railroad Contributes the Equivalent of Eight Boxcars of Food to UP’s Northern Region Food Banks
December 19, 2012
Union Pacific Railroad is helping keep eight food banks, including the Food Bank of Iowa, in its northern region states stocked during these tough economic times by contributing $80,000 - $10,000 to each - that will be used to purchase 1.6 million pounds of food, enough to fill eight boxcars. To learn more, click here.
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November
EcoMaids and Groupon team up to fight childhood hunger
November 20, 2012
EcoMaids has teamed up with Groupon to help fight childhood hunger to benefit the Food Bank of Iowa’s Backpack Buddies program. To learn more, click here.
Food Bank of Iowa receives $15,000 donation from Care Initiatives
November 8, 2012
Global View Productions invites all movie lovers to the sneak preview of “IOWA” a Thor Moreno film on Saturday, December 15, 2012, 9:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theater in Des Moines. Walk the red carpet, see the film in its entirety and join the cast and crew for a Q&A after the show. All guests are invited to celebrate with the cast and crew after the show at a party hosted by El Bait Shop and The Rehab. To learn more, click here.
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October 2012
Food Bank of Iowa receives $15,000 donation from Care Initiatives
October 11, 2012
Care Initiatives presented the Food Bank of Iowa with a check for $15,000 in memory of former Food Bank of Iowa board member, Ivan L. Johnson. The donation will go towards the purchase of turkeys that hungry Iowans will receive through the organization’s network of partner agencies this holiday season. To learn more, click here.
Hungry Iowans served with one-of-a-kind program
October 11, 2012
With food prices on the rise and more Iowans seeking food assistance, there is no better time for the Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH) program to kick off another season. HUSH is a one-of-a-kind program that allows hunters to donate their legally-harvested deer to help hungry Iowans. Processors across the state accept the meat from hunters and then work with food banks for distribution of this nutritious, sustainable resource. To learn more, click here.
Food Bank of Iowa receives $35,000 grant from Variety –
the Children's Charity
October 3, 2012
The Food Bank of Iowa is the recipient of a $35,000 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity. This grant will directly impact the Food Bank of Iowa’s Backpack Buddies program. To learn more,
click here.
Over 100,000 pounds of produce harvested to help feed hungry Iowans
October 1, 2012
In early 2012, seeds of produce were planted for the Food Bank of Iowa as part of the Fresh Produce Project. As a result, more than 100,000 pounds of fresh produce was harvested to help feed hungry Iowans. To learn more, click here.
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September 2012
285,000 eggs coming to the Food Bank of Iowa to help feed hungry Iowans
September 12, 2012
September is Hunger Action Month and to help struggling Iowans with food insecurity, the Iowa Egg Council is donating more than 285,000 eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 8 a.m. To learn more, click here.
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August 2012
About Hunger & Resilience Exhibit extended through Sept. 14 at the
Food Bank of Iowa
August 27, 2012
Due to the overwhelming response from individuals in the community, the Food Bank of Iowa will be extending the critically-acclaimed exhibit, About Hunger & Resilience: Photographs and audio stories by Michael Nye, through Friday, Sept. 14. The portraits and audio stories featured in the exhibit reveal the courage and fragility of individuals who have experienced hunger. To learn more, click here.
Land O’Lakes Donates 40,000 Pounds of Italian Cheese Sauce to the Food Bank of Iowa
August 14, 2012
Land O' Lakes, Inc. donated 40,000 lbs. of LAND O LAKES® Italian Cheese Sauce to the Food Bank of Iowa today as part of their 46th donation in the FIrst Run program. As part of this program, Land O' Lakes has committed to donating truckloads of fresh product to food banks quarterly to help alleviate hunger nationwide. To learn more, click here.
Governor Terry Branstad will proclaim September Hunger Action Month at the Iowa State Fair
August 9, 2012
Governor Terry Branstad will declare September Hunger Action Month on Monday, Aug. 13 in the South Atrium of the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Joining him will be Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds and Congressmen Tom Latham, Leonard Boswell and Bruce Braley. To learn more,
click here.
Tyson donates 30,000 pounds to the Food Bank of Iowa
August 9
Tyson Foods, Inc. will donate a truck load of food to the Food Bank of Iowa on Thursday, Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. as part of an effort to feed people in need and promote public awareness of hunger in America. To learn more, click here.
About Hunger & Resilience Exhibit on display Aug. 8-22 at the Food Bank of Iowa
August 6
This fall, the Food Bank of Iowa will be celebrating 30 years of providing food for hungry Iowans. To recognize our work and raise awareness about the issue of hunger affecting so many Iowans today, the organization will be hosting the critically-acclaimed exhibit, About Hunger & Resilience: Photographs and audio stories by Michael Nye. To learn more, click here.
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