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Iowa Stops Hunger

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Quad Cities’ River Bend Food Bank announces $9.4 million expansion

Quad-City Times: The River Bend Food Bank in the Quad Cities aims to raise $9.4 million this year for an expansion that will add volunteer space and more warehouse storage, the food bank and its partners …

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Bank of America contributes $25,000 to support Double Up Food Bucks

Bank of America announced it has made a $25,000 donation to the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative, supporting the organization’s Double Up Food Bucks program to address food insecurity in the region. According to Feeding America, …

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Double Up Food Bucks seeks state funds to restore access to 2021 levels

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Casey’s asks customers to round up to fight food insecurity

Casey’s will be asking customers if they want to contribute to the convenience store company’s effort to fight food insecurity by rounding up their purchases. It’s part of a collaboration with Feeding America, with donations …

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Iowa Department of Education seeks summer meal sponsors

In an effort to head off hunger, the Iowa Department of Education is seeking sponsors for a federally funded program that provides nutritious meals or snacks to children in low-income areas of the state during …

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Des Moines wins $175,000 grant to continue Polk County Produce Prescription Program

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America recently announced that the city of Des Moines was one of nine recipients of the 2022 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health …

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Fareway delivers more than 280,000 eggs to Iowa food banks

 

Fareway, in partnership with the Iowa Egg Council, delivered more than 24,000 dozen eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa today to be distributed to other food banks and food pantries across the state. …

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Fareway donates 3,000 hams to Food Bank of Iowa

Fareway Meat and Grocery delivered 3,000 hams to the Food Bank of Iowa today to be delivered to pantries in the 55 counties the Food Bank serves. The semitrailer full of hams included 612 cases …

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National Pork Producers Council to launch its Give-A-Ham challenge Nov. 1

The National Pork Producers Council will kick off its annual Give-A-Ham challenge on Monday, Nov. 1, with a joint event at the Food Bank of Iowa. According to a news release, the challenge is aimed …

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DMARC, Amerigroup Foundation partner for mobile food pantry

The Des Moines Area Religious Council will begin a mobile food pantry Wednesday with help from the Amerigroup Foundation. According to a news release, a $10,000 donation from the foundation will help DMARC offer the …