WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There’s some good news for a local group that works to fight hunger. Sparklight presented a $5,000 check to West Fargo Eats. The partnership between Lutheran Church of the Cross, Gate City Bank, YWCA Cass Clay, and Great Plains Food Bank offers a unique shopping and drive-thru style experience for clients. The director says the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With federal cuts looming, the Great Plains Food Bank is putting out a call for help this morning. The current budget reconcilliation bill, also known as the “big beautiful bill” contains cuts to multiple food programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The food bank says that if funding for these benefits is cut,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Great Plains Food Bank had their second day of their annual Packathon on Wednesday. Employees from sixteen area businesses came to the food bank to help pack beans and noodles into one pound bags to help stock area food pantries. The volunteers have a friendly competition going to see who can pack the most pounds….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It was a cheesy dream for the Great Plains Food Bank as nearly 40,000 pounds of macaroni and cheese were donated by Land O’Lakes. The macaroni will be available to Great Plains 196 partner food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters across North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota. The donation comes at a time when many food…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Federal cuts to food programs are leaving food pantries like Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo uncertain about future funding. Earlier this year, Great Plains announced it had lost about $1.3 million in funding and food. The food bank then shifted avenues on where they received fresh produce and meat. But the wait for the vote…
Ashley Baker, strategic initiatives coordinator at the Great Plains Food Bank, stocks food in a wellness pantry. (Courtesy of Great Plains Food Bank)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Proposed cuts to the federal food assistance program are coming at a time when agencies addressing hunger in North Dakota are already facing lost revenue and increased need. “There’s a lot of uncertainty…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The CEO of the Great Plains Food Bank is resigning. Melissa Sobolik is leaving to become the CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in Providence, Rhode Island. Sobolik has been with Great Plains Food Bank for 18 years, and has been CEO for the last 4. Her last day is July 11, 2025. “Serving as…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Since launching in 2021, 7,900 food banks, food pantries, and communities in the U.S. have purchased food through two programs available through the USDA, the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement and the Local Food for Schools. But now those programs are being canceled. “We have received about a million dollars through that program over the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) —Hornbacher’s presents Great Plains Food Bank with a donation of over $49,000 as part of its annual Feed Hope campaign. Each year Hornbacher’s customers make donations during the month of December. What started in 2011 has now raised over $1 million and a total of over two million meals served. The donation this year will be able…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The roars of remote controlled cars filled a room at the Bowler all Saturday. This place is commonly used for meetings for the Fargo-Moorhead Radio Control car club. But this time, it also benefited a good cause. The club decided to have its first ever Winter Charity Race. Donating at least three cans of food got…
