Supporting the Feeding America food banks and their affiliates serving Iowa in their work to ensure that sufficient food is accessible to all.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
It’s time to Strike Out Hunger with some good-spirited competition among Omaha area businesses. Last year, Food Bank for the Heartland’s Strike Out Hunger campaign generated the equivalent of 448,500 meals to help feed children and families in Nebraska and western Iowa. This year, we’re aiming for even more meals! So pitch in and together we can make sure no one has to face an empty home plate.
“Leader of the Pack: Hunger Games” Run-Walk-Bike
Tie up those laces or tune up that bike to JOIN US for our 8th Annual “Leader of the Pack: Hunger Games” Run-Walk-Bike event on Saturday, June 23, 2018!
Proceeds from this event help to fight hunger in Siouxland by supporting food insecure children, families, seniors, and needy individuals.
Yankee Doodle Drive Against Hunger
Monday, July 2, 2018, 6:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.| Iowa State Capitol, 1007 E Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50319
Join us for the Des Moines Symphony’s 25th annual Yankee Doodle Pops, Iowa’s largest single-day concert event! This family-friendly and patriotic concert concludes with the area’s premier fireworks display over the downtown Des Moines skyline, and best of all, it’s FREE! Bring your picnic baskets, blankets and lawn chairs, or purchase food from an array of vendors at the concert. Join the Yankee Doodle Drive Against Hunger by making a donation online or at the concert!
Sunday, July 29, 2018, 12-3 p.m.| Brenton Skating Plaza, 520 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, IA 50309
Des Moines’ premier BBQ event is back on Sunday, July 29, 2018! Enjoy all the BBQ you can eat from a smoke-tastic lineup of local pitmasters and restaurants (including some unique vegetarian BBQ options!). Pair your BBQ samplings with refreshing craft beers — all at no cost past the ticket price! Round out your Smoke Out Hunger experience with live music, lawn games, and picnic table board games. All proceeds benefit Food Bank of Iowa’s work to end hunger in Iowa! Kids 6-12 have a reduced price ticket, and kids 5 and under get in free.
November 15 & 16, 2017| Locust Street in downtown Des Moines
The largest food drive in the state of Iowa, Star 102.5’s Combat Hunger raised more than 250,000 meals for Iowans in need in 2017. Join us as we continue to make a difference for Iowans in need!
Star 102.5 started Combat Hunger more than 25 years ago with one mission: help the Food Bank of Iowa provide meals for Iowans in need. Since then, Combat Hunger has provided millions of meals through the downtown encampment and food drives all across Central Iowa.
Get Involved: Start your own Combat Hunger food drive!
Join us at the Combat Hunger encampment in downtown Des Moines on November 16, 2018!
MOBILE PANTRIES
Northeast Iowa Food Bank
| When | Where | Times |
| 1st Wednesday of each month | Malcom – Community Center | 4:30PM – 6:00PM |
| 212 Main St., Malcom | ||
| 1st Thursday of each month | Manchester – New Life Assembly of God | 5:00PM – 6:30PM |
| 1208 E Main St., Manchester | ||
| 1st Saturday of each month | Cresco – First Lutheran Church | 10:00AM – 12:00PM |
| 920 3rd E St., Cresco | ||
| 2nd Tuesday of each month | Shell Rock – Boyd Community Building | 5:00PM – 6:00PM |
| 303 S Cherry St., Shell Rock | ||
| 2nd Tuesday of each month | Waverly – Vineyard Community Church | 5:30PM – 6:30PM |
| 319 W Bremer Ave., Waverly | ||
| 2nd Wednesday of each month | Oelwein – Oelwein Community Plaza | 5:00PM – 6:00PM |
| 25 W Charles St., Oelwein | ||
| 2nd Saturday of each month | West Union – CrossFire Church | 10:00AM – 11:00AM |
| 103 Franklin St | ||
| 3rd Thursday of each month | New Hampton – First United Methodist Church | 5:00PM – 6:30PM |
| 201 N Locust Ave., New Hampton | ||
| 3rd Saturday of each month | Guttenberg – St. John’s Lutheran Church | 10:00AM – 12:00PM |
| 203 Pearl St., Guttenberg | ||
| 4th Tuesday of each month | Osage – Prairie Lakes Church | 5:30PM – 6:30PM |
| 2011 Hwy 9, Osage | ||
| 4th Thursday of each month | Tripoli – Faith United Church of Christ | 5:00PM – 6:30PM |
| 408 S. Main St., Tripoli | ||
| 4th Saturday of each month | Grundy Center – American Lutheran Church | 9:30AM – 11:30AM |
| 1103 F Ave., Grundy Center | ||
| 4th Saturday of each month | Independence – West Elementary School | 9:30AM – 11:00AM |
| 1301 1st St W, Independence | ||
| Lamont – Grace Methodist Church | 10:00AM – 12:00PM | |
| 745 Washington St, Lamont | ||
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Brandon – Community Center 802 Main St, Brandon |
9:30AM – 11:00AM |
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Some provisions included in the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill, passed out of committee yesterday, give rise to concern for those who face hunger daily in Iowa. SNAP, known in Iowa as the Food Assistance Program, is a first line of defense in fighting hunger. The Iowa Food Bank Association cannot support any legislation that would... |
October 16, 2017By Pat Curtis
An organization that fights hunger across the state has a new leader. The Iowa Food Bank Association used today’s opening of World Food Prize events in Des Moines to introduce a new executive director.
Regenea Hurte says she faces a significant challenge. “We have about 10 percent of the population of Iowa that is... |
