Welcome to River Bend Foodbank!
Last year the foodbank distributed nearly 7 million pounds of surplus food to our 300 member agencies that serve the hungry in 22 counties in Iowa and Illlinois, saving our member agencies a collective $5 million.
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The Gift that Gives Back!
A Big Thank You! To each and every one of our supporters who made it possible for us to distribute more than 7 ½ million pounds of food in 2011 To all of our volunteers who gave of their time to help us feed the hungry in 2011 To all our Backpack School Contacts who give of their time each week to make sure their students in need get food for the weekend! To First Midwest Charitable Foundation for their donation of $2500 to support the Backpack Program To all the local businesses and organizations that held private food drives on our behalf in 2011 To the Hubbell Waterman Foundation and to Diane and Hunt Harris for sponsoring our local Quad City Mobile Food Pantry distributions in 2011 To the farm community in our service area for its incredible generosity over the years including the Illinois Farm Bureau, the Rock Island, Henry, Whiteside, Mercer and Stark County Farm Bureaus, the Illinois Pork Producers and all the related agri-businesses and individual farmers participating in Bushels for Hunger and Pork Power To Athletes Giving Back, Augustana College for raising more then $300 for the Backpack Program To the Quad City Ice Bowl organizers and participants for raising $1200 for the Foodbank
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Calendar of Events Tuesday January 24 14th Annual QC Ice Bowl
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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John Deere Canstruction sets a Guinness World Record!
Bushels for Hunger Yields more than $22,000!
River Bend Foodbank Named PGA Charity of the Year!
Jewel Osco donates $6096 to help fight local hunger!


