Welcome to River Bend Foodbank!

Stamp Our Hunger on Saturday May 12

Please help us fill our empty shelves. Just leave your non perishable food items by your mailbox on Saturday May 12. Your letter carrier will pick it up. It's so easy! Every single food item is greatly needed right now so even one can makes a difference. Please don't forget your neighbors in need? Click here for more.

 

Birdies for Charity Underway

Make a pledge to Birdies for Charity and your money will provide Backpack Food for a hungry child in the Quad Cities. It so easy! Download the form and mail it back or email the info to tcblaughlin@mchsi.com. Your money will receive a match from Birdies for Charity. Pledge Now!

 

Attention music lovers!

Follow these artists on Facebook and Twitter to access special codes that trigger a $0.65 donation from General Mills to River Bend Foodbank! Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, Reba, Martina McBride, Eli Young Band, Sunny Sweeney, Edens Edge, Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert, Ella Mae Bowen and Thomas Rhett Akins. Learn more at www.OutnumberHunger.com. Click here to get follow the artists on Facebook or Twitter.

 

Kraft Foods Fountation Donates $15,000!

Money will sponsor Mobile Food Pantries in our rural areas, helping us to provide more than 75,000 lbs of food for the hungry. Click here for more.

 

Hy-Vee Dieticians Donate Proceeds from Re-usable Bag Sales at Health Fair

The donation, which will support the Backpack Program, came from re-usable bag sales at the Hy-Vee dietitian’s booth, which was the largest booth at the KWQC HD6 Women’s Health and Lifestyle Fair.  The bags were full of samples from Hy-Vee’s Health Market along with coupons, recipes and brochures.

 

River Bend Food Bank Marks 30 Years of Service!

We celebrated In style as the warehouse was filled with children enjoying the area’s top children’s entertainers. There were jugglers, magicians, face painters, clowns and more--all donating their time to help us celebrate, give the kids a special morning and help us collect food for the hungry.

 

Brad Paisley Meet and Greet Food Drive

Congratulations to Blake and Holly Lynch, who won a meet and greet with County Star, Brad Brad Paisley when he was here for his February concert. Anyone making a food donation to the Foodbank was eligible for the drawing. Thanks to all who participated! And thanks to Brad Paisley, a wonderful supporter of all the Foodbanks nationally.

River Bend Foodbank Named PGA Charity of the Year!

The award comes with a grant for $30,000 to sponsor Mobile Food Pantry distributions in the Foodbank’s rural areas.
Click here for the press release

John Deere Canstruction sets a Guinness World Record!

More than 300,000 cans of nutritious food were used to make life size replica of the new John Deere S Series Combine. When display ended, all the food was donated to the Foodbank!  Click here to read the Quad City Times article

Calendar of Events

Stamp Out Hunger
Saturday, May 12

Birdies for Charity
Now through July 13

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Night at the Ballpark--Tuesday June 12th

                      

 

The Gift that Gives Back!

Give your family, friends and co-workers the "Gift that Gives Back " by purchasing the Community Connection card for birthdays, holidays or any occasion. With every gift card purchase a portion of the proceeds are coming to River Bend Food Bank to fight hunger right here. Join us in giving hope to many...Get your "Gift that Gives Back" today.

 

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Landmark New Study Reveals an Unprecedented Number of Quad City Families Seeking Emergency Food Assistance
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Local Hunger Study Highlights,
Hunger Study Local Profile