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Iowa Stops Hunger

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SNAP recipients, food pantries brace for effects of benefit reduction on April 1

Cecelia Proffit, her husband, Conor Hilton, and their children are among the families who will see their SNAP benefits reduced starting April 1, leaving them worried about putting food on their table. Photo submitted by Cecelia …

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DMARC looks to increase ability to fight food insecurity with move to new building

      DMARC mobile units are parked in the agency’s new building on Army Post Road. Photos submitted by DMARC

 

The Des Moines Area Religious Council has been busy this past week moving into …

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Circle our cities

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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. …