This Hispanic Heritage Month, Knock and Drop Iowa is attempting to fundraise $75,000 for a refrigerated cargo van in an effort to make the organization’s mission to feed Hispanic and Latinx families mobile by delivering food directly to rural Iowa. Every Wednesday afternoon, Knock and Drop Iowa welcomes about 300 Latinx community members at the food pantry headquarters at 4801 Franklin Ave. in Des Moines. Families can pick up tortillas, rice, fresh vegetables and other food, as well as receive free COVID-19 or influenza vaccinations at pop-up clinics, in partnership with Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action (RIVA) and community health care providers. Knock and Drop Iowa serves any person who comes through the door and does not require an ID or proof of need. The organization hired its first part-time staff member in 2023 and has expansion plans to set up food delivery points in towns outside of the Des Moines metro.