Photos: No Kings food drive collects donations for Iowa City pantry

The Saturday event offered breakfast and speeches, while collecting food and monetary donations for a local pantry

Nov. 16, 2025 10:49 am

Hammer and Harmony employee April Gimenez, of North Liberty, cooks pancakes for community members during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Gimenez said she enjoys volunteering and cooking, so she decided to make pancakes for community members. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Community members sort shelf-stable food donations during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. The drive also accepted monetary donations. Organizer Sue Thomson said they received roughly $600 in monetary donations. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Organizer Sue Thomson gives a speech during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Thomson said donations will go to the CommUnity Food Pantry at Pepperwood Plaza. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

From left: Patsy Wheeler, of Oxford; Diane Brueckner, of Victor; Denise Sughroue, of Ladora; Steve Witt, of Iowa City; and Diane Norden, of North Liberty, hold protest signs and listen to speeches during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Sughroue said they decided to come out to support their community. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Ann Gronstal (right), of Coralville, and Becky Davila, of Coralville, bring in donations for the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Gronstal said she is passionate about volunteering and wants to help families affected by food insecurity. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Erika Banks (left), of Iowa City, helps August Jones, 7, paint a banner during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Erika said it warmed her heart to see the community come together to fill a truck with donations to the CommUnity Food Pantry at Pepperwood Plaza. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Community members listen to speeches and live music during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa City Council member Shawn Harmsen talks to organizer Sue Thomson during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Eric Jones, of Iowa City, stacks food donations in a truck during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Veterans for Peace member Ed Flaherty, of Iowa City, holds a Veterans for Peace flag during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Flaherty said he came to the event to speak, and to help the community. “We’re patriots. This country needs voices to save it,” Flaherty said. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Ellie Eldeen (left), 10, and Emma Eldeen, of Iowa City, put fruit on top of their pancakes during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Emma said they collected boxes from their community to donate to the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

A “No Kings, No Hunger” banner hangs during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Bonita Nathan, of Iowa City, holds a sign during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Nathan said Char Lange, of Iowa City, made the protest sign. Lange said she was inspired to create the sign to raise people’s awareness of some of the things President Donald Trump has said. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Volunteers David Duer (left), of Iowa City, and Char Lange, of Iowa City, sort donations into boxes during the No Kings, No Hunger, Fill-A-Truck Food Drive at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City on Saturday. Organizer Sue Thomson said donations will go to the CommUnity Food Pantry at Pepperwood Plaza. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)