Articles Tagged: Food banks

Iowa House to weigh asset tests after passage by Senate

Lawmakers to hold public hearing on a bill that would alter eligibility requirements for Iowans to qualify for food and health care assistance.

Bill advances that would apply asset tests to applicants

Still, opponents say SNAP identity verification and work requirements are too burdensome for recipients and not cost-effective for government.

Still, opponents say SNAP identity verification and work requirements are too burdensome for recipients and not cost-effective for government.

The bill, introduced by Iowa House Republicans, could be amended to include more foods, Speaker Pat Grassley says,

Food pantries are used to seeing ebbs and flows in the demand for their services, but in the last few years that demand has been growing consistently, and some Cedar Rapids food banks are struggling to keep up.

At no cost to themselves, Alliant Energy customers managed to raise $10,000 for Iowa food bank partners.

HACAP Food Reservoir’s 20th Annual Eastern Iowa Freedom from Hunger Food & Fund Drive will kick off today and run through the end of September, collecting donations both online and in person for the nearly 40,000 in the community who struggle with food security

The organization is looking for volunteers to bolster their local food rescue operations and tackle summer produce initiatives. Volunteers transport over 40,000 lbs. of food weekly to agencies throughout Johnson County that serve food-insecure populations.

Every dollar donated will enable the CommUnity Food Bank to purchase five pounds of food. Each year, this event raises enough funding to stock the shelves for nearly six months. Registration is online and ends today.

Twenty people lost their lives to domestic violence in Iowa in 2021, the most in a decade.

HACAP Food Reservoir is launching a new food drive to help advance food security in East Central Iowa. On Saturday, community members can drop off nonperishable food between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at HACAP Food Reservoir in Hiawatha, Lindale Mall or the Westdale First Federal Credit Union in Cedar Rapids.

Starting from a space of 700 square feet, Table to Table celebrates 25 years of pioneering food rescue in Eastern Iowa.

Table to Table, a Johnson County nonprofit that rescues 2.5 million pounds of food each year and delivers it at no charge to local pantries and social service agencies, is kicking off a celebration of 25 years and fundraising for construction expenses with a free-to-the-publicpen house on Thursday.