FARGO N.D. (KVRR) – Great Plains Food Bank introduces its new Kitchen Coalition program. It works with neighbors and community leaders to make sure that the meals represent people’s dietary and cultural needs. The program then partners with local restaurants and caterers that turn food bank ingredients into nutritious, freshly prepared meals. The group has partnered with the VA, Gladys…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Local food pantry leaders are calling on the federal government to keep up with inflation by adding more money to food assistance programs. The Great Plains Food Bank invited community leaders to see what needs to be improved in the new Farm Bill. The main focus of the meeting was about soaring costs among food…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Disc golfers competed in this year’s Ice Bowl at Woodlawn Park all for a good cause. The Ice Bowl is a national collection of disc golf events held each January and February with an overall mission of raising funds to fight hunger. Since the movement began in 1996, it has raised more than $3 million dollars…
FARGO, N.D. — At the Fargodome, hundreds of boxes are being loaded up into cars. The Great Plains Food Bank is teaming up with the U.S Agriculture Department’s Family Food Box Program. The program partners with local farmers to buy their overstock produce not sold because of COVID-19 and then package and redistribute it. “Without our volunteers this wouldn’t be…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — At the Probstfield Center For Education In Moorhead hundreds of boxes are being loaded up into cars. The Great Plains Food Bank is teaming up with the U.S Agriculture Department’s Family Food Box Program. The program partners with local farmers to buy their overstock produce not sold because of COVID-19 and then package and redistribute it. “Like…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Faith United Methodist Church Food Bank is working full time to accommodate for the increase of people needing food because of the coronavirus. Drivers lined up in the parking lot to have the food put into their vehicles to limit any potential spread of the virus. Workers inside the building loaded up boxes filled with various…
FARGO, N.D. — Now in its 36th year, the Great Plains Food Bank is North Dakota’s only food bank. Choice Bank is supporting its fight to end hunger with a major 100,000 dollar donation. The money will provide more than 3,000 meals to those in need. Choice is also donating more than 2,000 pounds of food collected through food drives…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Great Plains Food Bank held a pop–up perishable food pantry at Moorhead High School. Anyone who needs food assistance could get fresh produce and other items for free. The food came from the food bank’s surplus donations. No referrals are necessary to go to the food bank, and pop–up food pantries are put on across the region….
FARGO, N.D. — The mayors of Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth have proclaimed Saturday, May 12 as National Letter Carriers Food Drive Day. Plastic bags will be delivered to your mailbox to fill with non–perishable food. You can leave donations by your mailbox for mail carriers to pick up. Organizers say they want to exceed last year’s total of 34,000…
FARGO, N.D. — The Great Plains Food Bank has been helping the less–fortunate in our community since 2008, and they rely on donations from the public. The demand for their food increases every year, and it comes from places you might not expect. The Great Plains Food Bank’s mobile pantry delivers food to the needy across North Dakota. “The mobile…
