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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Stuff the Truck benefits Urbandale Food Pantry
DES MOINES, Iowa — Members of the community gathered for the Stuff the Truck food drive in support of the Urbandale Food Pantry. The Urbandale Food Pantry opened a new facility in April and served more than 2,000 families in the first month alone. On Saturday, they partnered with local businesses Van Meter Incorporated and Baker Electric to pack Big Grove Brewery and fill a truck with non-perishable food, personal care items, and monetary gifts. In addition, all donations were matched up to $3,000. The Urbandale Food Pantry served more than 57,000 people across 76 zip codes in 2024. They say it's important to remember that even if they seem alright, families might need more help than you think. What drew thousands to Dam to DSM, runners share stories 'Food insecurity isn't always visible, but it's in every community, and hunger is rarely about food and more about impossible decisions that families have to make. So we can find fun and creative ways to get the community involved,' said Patty Sneddon, CEO of the Urbandale Food Pantry. President and CEO of Baker Electric, Cory Sloss, says these events help build up the community. 'Des Moines is a small community when you stop and think about it and I think, the more you're in it and the more business you do here, everyone is your friend, you have a lot of relationships here. It's really about just coming together and helping each other with everybody's mission, the more we tie that together the more successful we all are.' Danielle Monthe is the Van Meter Community Impact Manager and says it's encouraging to see businesses looking out for their neighbors. 'There's a lot of great companies in the area that want to do good, and as the electrical industry is booming right now. So, when we can kind of use our growth to fuel the growth of human services and specifically the food pantry, that's what we want to do,' said Monthe. Learn about available services, volunteering, and more on the Urbandale Food Pantry website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bastrop Co. Emergency Food Pantry asking for community help to amid food shortage concerns
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry is asking for help from the community. Whether it's becoming a monthly donor or volunteering, the food pantry is doing what it can to ensure it stays ahead of food shortage concerns, the nonprofit said in a news release. The food bank said the 'growing demand, rising food prices, and looming food shortages put increasing pressure on local resources.' Central Texas Food Bank hit with $5.5M in federal funding cuts This comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made cuts, which includes '$500 million in food purchasing programs,' the food bank said. Furthermore, the food pantry said the Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) took a loss of $5.5 million in funding, as well as 40 food delivery cancellations. CTFB is a 'key supplier for Bastrop County,' the release said. That equals around 761,000 meals. The food pantry in Bastrop County said it relies on CTFB for more 30-45% of its food supply. The USDA's budget cuts were intended to eliminate fraud, abuse and waste, and the state does not depend on this funding to maintain a strong program, Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller previously told KXAN. 'Our rural community is facing challenges on all sides,' Executive Director of the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry Tresha Silva said in the release. 'We are not just seeing more people in need—we are seeing deeper levels of hunger as families struggle with inflation, reduced federal assistance, and now, the very real threat of food shortages this summer.' As a way to address the concerns, the food pantry said it's 'in the midst of a capital campaign to expand its food storage and distribution capacity to one million pounds of food.' 'Before the pandemic, the Pantry spent approximately $14,000 annually to supplement the food supply. Last year, that cost exceeded $40,000. They need the community's help,' the release said. Furthermore, the pantry said all donations made toward that capital campaign through July will be matched to help bring the nonprofit to raising its remaining $400,000, due to help from the Mabee Foundation. The food pantry said the community can help in the following ways: Volunteer your time to help sort, pack, and distribute food Become a monthly donor to help offset rising food costs Contribute to the capital campaign to help expand storage capacity To learn more about the nonprofit, visit the food pantry's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
14-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Here's what Sahtu, N.W.T., residents say will help them become food secure
People in the five Sahtu communities say ammunition to hunt, greenhouses to grow produce and food pantries stocked with donated goods are all things that'll help them put food on the table. The CBC's Liny Lamberink has more.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Volunteers celebrate one year of feeding Paulding County residents with food pantry
Last year, a group of fraternities and sororities created the Paulding United Food Pantry. This year, they celebrated their first year of service by giving away more food. Volunteers work together to keep the shelves full. The pantry was created by members of the Divine 9, the Masons, and the Eastern Stars. 'It's not just food insecurity, we see a lot of things. We have a lot of homelessness as well,' school social worker Byanca Beasley said. 'We're one of the poorest districts in metro Atlanta, and our kids have a need for food, clothing, supplies, and so that's where Paulding United stepped in,' school social worker Kim Cayetano said. The pantry and its satellite pantries offer food, school supplies, hygiene supplies, and even clothing. Students and their families are referred by counselors or teachers, then school social workers use the pantries and all of their other resources to help. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: 4.1 magnitude earthquake reported in Tennessee, felt all the way in metro Atlanta Former Gwinnett Co. teacher accused of inappropriately touching students at elementary school Neighbors told to shelter in place after Henry County tire shop catches fire [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
CBS News
09-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Mail carriers ready for 32nd annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive, here's how you can help
Since last week's storms, the already slim food pantries have been hit hard, which makes this year's food drive by the National Association of Letter Carriers that much more important. That's taking place tomorrow, and you'll be able to help, even better, you don't even need to leave your home, just take a simple walk to the mailbox. For your mail carrier, however, it's a lot of work and makes for a tough day. "On this day, they're going around picking up food and delivering mail as well as packages, letters, flats, but it's their time to shine," said Patrick Rothwell, the Executive Vice President of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 84. They sure have shone; they have collected millions of pounds of food for the food pantries. "These food pantries dry up right after the holidays, and this food drive is the largest one-day, single-day food drive across the country, and it replenishes all these pantries and churches," Rothwell said. What's collected comes back to the collection points at the post offices, where the local food pantries or churches that run pantries pick up the donations. Here locally, the balance goes to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. "A lot of the pantries in these small communities, from East Pittsburgh, Braddock, always the north and west, a lot of them go to pantries," Rothwell said. "Carriers will drive it right to the pantry when they're done delivering." Now, in the 32nd year, they're looking for canned goods, non-perishables like boxed pasta, cereal, peanut butter, toilet paper, and while they'll take things in glass bottles, they'd prefer not to do so because it can cause a mess if or when it breaks. For you? All you have to do is box it, bag it, or do whatever works and your mail carrier will pick it up!
