FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Great Plains Food Bank announces 15 sites across the state to help keep kids fed this summer. The program allows kids up to the age of 17 to get a boxed meal during each hand-out event. Last year, over 5,000 meals were given out to nearly 300 kids. 2023 Youth Summer Meals sites and locations Cannon Ball…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Leaders from local nonprofits including the Great Plains Food Bank and YWCA are calling for the North Dakota legislature to pass two bills regarding school meals. “Families are really struggling. Their dollars are not stretching as far and they’re having to choose between food and rent or food and heat. The decision they shouldn’t have to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Great Plains Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry is making the rounds again this week. The trucks with fresh vegetables, boxed goods and bakery items will be stopping in Ulen, Hawley, Barnesville, Glyndon, Dilworth and Moorhead on Friday, February 17. There is no re-registration required and those in need will receive food at no cost. Here are…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Hornbacher’s donates $86,260 to Great Plains Food Bank. It’s through the grocery store chain’s Feed Hope Campaign where customers gave at checkouts for three weeks during December. The money will pay for more than 176,000 meals. Great Plains says inflation has hit families hard. There’s a big need for meat, eggs and milk. The non profit-says…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — If you have any loose change in your pockets or purse, you might consider giving it to help feed others this holiday season. Affinity Plus in Moorhead and Fergus Falls is collecting coins from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. The money raised will go to Great Plains Food Bank. The credit union will match contributions…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hundreds of students from elementary to high school and local leaders partner with the Great Plains Food bank in the annual Fill the Dome campaign. “This is the first year since, I believe, 2019 we’ve been able to be back in the dome following COVID and just some issues with the flooring here, we haven’t been…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hornbacher’s and its customers are making a big impact in the fight to end hunger. They’re donating nearly $80,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank as part of Check Out Hunger. The campaign ran through most of July in the F-M area where customers were asked in checkout lines to make donations of one, three or…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- They’re hoping it helps address their projections of a one million pound distribution shortfall this fiscal year from last. Great Plains’ budget for food for the fiscal year is two point two million dollars. It’s twice the amount the nonprofit paid for it last year. It comes at a crucial time where leaders of the organization say…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With eggs, chicken and ground beef prices rising due to inflation, Great Plains Food Bank is starting to feel its effects. Operators say food prices increased about 12 percent in the last year and they expect prices to remain at a high level. The food bank is not seeing as many food and financial donations as…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With summer around the corner and the school year coming to a close, people might have to dig a little deeper into their pockets to feed their families. Mail carriers and food pantries are encouraging people to leave non-perishable food items next to their mailbox Saturday. “We’re always in need of peanut butter, canned fruits, canned…
