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Try Food Bank of Iowa’s new digital cookbook
Click to download our “Food Bank of Iowa Chopped – Hot Dish Edition” cookbook, sponsored and designed by Nationwide. This cookbook is filled with delicious, easy, award-winning recipes from our 2021 casserole competition at the Iowa State Fair. Olivia…
https://foodbankiowa.org/news/check-out-food-bank-of-iowas-new-digital-cookbook/BackPack Program™ comes with an extra helping of kindness at Altoona Elementary
Des Moines, Iowa (Dec. 17, 2021) — Talk to Jane Kayser at Altoona Elementary, and you’ll learn new insights about Food Bank of Iowa’s BackPack Program™. The program serves 4,601 students at 133 schools in 32 Iowa counties. Each…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-weve-helped/backpack-program-served-with-a-side-of-kindness-at-altoona-elementary/Share hope with neighbors this holiday season
Throughout her life, Cheryl has been an administrative assistant and driven semitrucks for a living. She worked hard to retire at 62 and, for the past five years, has been making the most of her retirement. However, the rising cost…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-weve-helped/you-share-hope-with-neighbors-this-holiday-season/Celebrate Viola’s volunteering achievements
Viola Jones and her team of friends are incredible leaders who took action after identifying the need for food assistance in our community. Together, these volunteers keep Cottage Pantry open, a community-led food pantry for children, families, and individuals in…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-who-help/celebrating-violas-volunteering-achievements/You ensure kindness is never out of reach
Finis, 51, and Bryan, 55, are part of a big, wonderful family with children who are mostly grown and independent. The couple is happy to live in the Bidwell community where kindness is never out of reach. Like so many…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-weve-helped/you-ensure-kindness-is-never-out-of-reach/Help protect kids’ mental and physical well-being
Heather is currently between jobs because of the pandemic, but she’s holding her own as an accounting student. Her son, Emrystae, who loves playing with Lego® bricks and wants to be an engineer when he grows up, shares his mother’s…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-weve-helped/youre-protecting-kids-mental-and-physical-well-being/New initiative, grant mean more fresh produce, nutrition ranking system for Food Bank of Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa (Oct. 20, 2021) — Food Bank of Iowa has joined the Partnership for a Healthier America’s (PHA) Healthy Hunger Relief initiative to further uplift the health and well-being of Iowans in its 55-county service area. Food…
https://foodbankiowa.org/news/food-bank-of-iowa-joins-healthy-hunger-relief-initiative/Alliant Energy Foundation Impact Grant supports new Centerville mobile pantry
Des Moines, Iowa (Oct. 11, 2021) — Food Bank of Iowa has received an Alliant Energy Foundation Impact Grant to launch a mobile food pantry in Centerville. The $20,000 grant means that people struggling with hunger in Appanoose County…
https://foodbankiowa.org/organizations/alliant-energy-foundation-impact-grant-supports-new-centerville-mobile-pantry/Food Bank of Iowa receives $15,000 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity
Des Moines, Iowa (Sept. 27, 2021) — Food Bank of Iowa has received a $15,000 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity to help fight childhood hunger, which affects one in eight Iowa kids. The grant will go toward Food…
https://foodbankiowa.org/organizations/food-bank-of-iowa-receives-15000-grant-from-variety-the-childrens-charity/Food Bank of Iowa awards $20,000 grant to Iowa State University student food pantry
Des Moines, Iowa (September 21, 2021) — Food Bank of Iowa has awarded a $20,000 grant to Iowa State University’s student food pantry, SHOP – Students Helping Our Peers. The grant will be used for new cold storage and freezer…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-weve-helped/food-bank-of-iowa-awards-20000-grant-to-iowa-state-university-student-food-pantry/Golf tournament tops $125,000 to support Food Bank of Iowa’s childhood hunger programs
Des Moines, Iowa (September 15, 2021) — Drive Away Childhood Hunger, Food Bank of Iowa’s first-ever golf tournament, has raised more than $125,000. That translates to half a million meals (four meals for every $1 donated) to help feed…
https://foodbankiowa.org/iowans-who-help/inaugural-golf-tournament-tops-125000-in-funding-to-support-food-bank-of-iowas-childhood-hunger-programs/Veteran Communicator Joins Food Bank of Iowa Team Amidst Organizational Changes
Annette Hacker will join Food Bank of Iowa as Communications Manager September 7, President and CEO Michelle Book announced today. Hacker is a communications consultant who previously led Iowa State University’s primary media relations unit for 17 years. She…
https://foodbankiowa.org/news/veteran-communicator-joins-food-bank-of-iowa-team-amidst-organizational-changes/