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Tami Nielsen, the new president and CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa, remembers a classmate who came to school hungry when she was in fifth grade in Des Moines.
He came to school “ravenous” …
The Food Bank of Iowa has announced a partnership with senior Cyclone punter Tyler Perkins on his Punts for a Purpose campaign. For every yard he averages in a game throughout this football season, Perkins …
Mom’s Meals, a provider of medically tailored meals based in Ankeny, announced it is expanding beyond its core services by addressing nutrition insecurity through several corporate social responsibility initiatives. In the first half of 2025, …
Hy-Vee is now accepting SNAP/EBT payment for online grocery delivery orders at all stores that offer the service. Hy-Vee first began accepting SNAP/EBT payment for pickup orders in 2020. To streamline the payment process, the …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Healthy Kids Iowa program funds summer meals for kids, but does not go as far as Summer EBT, a federal program, food security advocates said.
“Summer EBT would have assisted 245,000 kids across the …
There is one specific sign to look for to signal that Chuck Current, executive director of Meals from the Heartland, is going to ask for money.
He’s wearing long pants.
Current loves to wear shorts. …
Food hubs, which are small distribution businesses that specialize in local foods, sold over $4.3 million in 2024 in local foods to grocery stores, households, restaurants, school districts, food access organizations and other customers across …
Meals from the Heartland has announced more than 1 million meals have been distributed to food banks and food pantries across Iowa as of June 1, surpassing the 952,000 local meals distributed in all of …
The Polk County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved funding for Meals on Wheels to facilitate daily meal deliveries to veterans in Polk County. The new agreement between WesleyLife Community Services, operator of Meals on …
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