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Food drives, pantry trucks, and groceries neighbors send to people who need them. 22 verified stories. Stories come from Denver, New Ulm, and Sioux Falls. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityDenver Health and Re:Vision have given urban-farm produce to 200 families in southwest Denver. The 12-week program is set to add the Westwood Clinic next year.
Verified · 9News
CommunityThe Heart of New Ulm Community Fridge and Freezer sits near the children's room. No forms, no signup, and no library card are required.
Verified · MPR News
HeroesVeterinarian Lisa Coder started Feed Sioux Falls last November after worrying about families going hungry. The Heritage Park giveaway began with coffee and grew to sandwiches, toiletries, and more.
Verified · Dakota News Now
CommunityYoung & Established's weekly giveaway on Vann Avenue is open to anyone in need. Retailers including Walmart and Target donated meat.
Verified · WFIE / 14 News
AnimalsThe Sioux Falls Humane Society's Pet Food Bank, with Greater Good Charities and the Animal Resource Center, loaded pallets for Brookings, Yankton, Mitchell, and Iowa so families can keep their pets.
Verified · Dakota News Now
CommunityThe 17th annual Toyota Tundra Food Drive collected more than 354,000 pounds of food, enough for about 295,000 meals.
Verified · NBC10 Philadelphia
CommunityTeam Buche Cares received more than 35,000 pounds of pork spare ribs from the South Dakota Farmers Union and will send them statewide, including to all nine reservations.
Verified · KOTA Territory News
CommunityPublix Super Market Charities' donation also buys an electric forklift and warehouse upgrades for the food bank serving 10 coastal South Carolina counties.
Verified · ABC News 4 (WCIV)
CommunitySince 2019, Melrose Music City Chick-fil-A has frozen surplus food for the Nashville Rescue Mission and has hired people from the mission's recovery program.
Verified · NewsChannel 5 (WTVF)
CommunityThe Fort Wayne food bank will use the gift for its Farm to Food Bank program, buying produce from Northeast Indiana farmers for its pantries.
Verified · 21Alive (WPTA)
CommunityMore than 60 volunteers with the San Luis Frontera Rotary Club packed meals at Colibri Supermarket on Saturday morning for the Salvation Army.
Verified · KYMA
CommunityElise Asay, Cole Marshall, and Nicole Zenchak ran an August bag drive and delivered the food to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County.
Verified · Patch
CommunityThe Albion Municipal Library grows tomatoes and peppers for its food pantry, with grants paying for the greenhouse, raised beds, and trees.
Verified · Times Republican
CommunityA volunteer’s post drew first-time gifts to the Jefferson County Food Bank, including donations from people who had never given there before.
Verified · Peninsula Daily News
CommunityEli Newton and his troop built a box at the Anderson Public Library where anyone can leave food or take it, and neighbors have refilled it several times.
Verified · The Anderson News
CommunityThe Kansas City nonprofit has kept 6 million pounds of food out of the waste stream in 10 years and is on pace to save 3 million pounds this year.
Verified · KCTV
CommunityThe Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs raised more than $400,000 for LiftUp of Routt County, after a $100,000 bank gift drew a $50,000 match.
Verified · Steamboat Pilot & Today
AnimalsStarting October 28, Cherryland Humane Society and Hoop’s Pet Food Pantry will give out pet food on the fourth Wednesday of the month.
Verified · 9&10 News
CommunityCommon Good City Farm grows about 4,500 pounds of produce a year and turns no one away, saving customers about $20,000 last year.
Verified · The Wash
CommunityBay-Lakes Council scouts will hang collection bags on October 10 and pick them up on October 17 for more than 80 local pantries.
Verified · WBAY
CommunityThe Neighborhood Center of South Lake took delivery of a 2026 refrigerated truck after Central Florida donors covered the cost.
Verified · The Clermont Sun
CommunityThe 23rd WSOY Community Food Drive, held for 12 hours at a Kroger in Decatur, set a record for the annual event.
Verified · WAND