Dream Center Food Pantry — A caring community
Dream Center Food Pantry — A caring community
For 26 years, Food Bank of Iowa and the Dream Center Des Moines Food Pantry have partnered to ensure community members have access to nutritious food.
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Fareway donates nearly $300,000 worth of hams to fight hunger across Iowa
Fareway Stores Inc. has donated 69,000 pounds of ham to fight hunger across Iowa. This delicious, high-quality protein will help nourish families for weeks during the winter season.
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Food Bank of Iowa voted most influential nonprofit
Our team is honored and humbled to be recognized as the metro’s most influential nonprofit organization by Des Moines Business Record readers. Thanks to all who support our mission to provide food and hope for our neighbors facing hunger.
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KCCI Giving Tuesday telethon raises nearly $533,000
KCCI-TV’s sixth annual Food Bank of Iowa Hunger-Free Holidays telethon on Giving Tuesday raised a record $532,937.73 to help Iowans facing food insecurity. That translates to 888,230 meals.
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One-Dish Wonders cookbook free to download
Just in time for comfort food season, download our updated cookbook with the winning recipes from our state fair competition, sponsored by Nationwide.
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State fair food rescue: the gift that keeps on giving
Ten Iowa State Fair vendors have donated nearly 6,000 pounds of surplus food to Food Bank of Iowa at the close of this year’s fair. That's in addition to thousands of pounds donated by fairgoers on the last day of the fair, which will be sorted and weighed in the coming days.
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Big, Beautiful Bill would be devastating for hunger relief
The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act could slash billions in federal dollars from SNAP and eliminate 9.5 billion meals per year. Food banks can't begin to meet the crushing need the bill would create, and states are in no position to absorb millions in cost-sharing, Food Bank of Iowa CEO Tami Nielsen writes.
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Nielsen to lead Food Bank of Iowa
Food Bank of Iowa's board of directors has appointed Tami Nielsen as its next president and CEO, following a national search.
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Feeding America study: Food insecurity has increased in every Iowa county
12% of Iowans (1 in 8) and 16.6% of Iowa children (1 in 6) face food insecurity. That’s according to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap study, out May 14.
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Earth Day: Saving the planet, one meal at a time
This Earth Day and every day, food banks play a critical role in reducing food waste. At Food Bank of Iowa, one-third of the more than 27 million pounds of food distributed annually comes from food rescue.
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IFBA poll: 2 in 3 Iowans say food insecurity negatively affects their communities
A new survey from the Iowa Food Bank Association finds food insecurity is a bipartisan concern among the state's registered voters, and 52% of respondents said the state is not doing enough to help.
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John pays it forward
Despite health challenges, John continues to care for his community in retirement. He's grateful for friends like you, who help ensure he doesn't have to go without healthy food.
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