Northeast Iowa Food Bank

The Northeast Iowa Food Bank includes multiple options for Food distribution including:cedar valley Food pantry - provided an average of 4,225 families each month with Food through the cedar valley Food pantry. This program provides supplemental Food and grocery products to those who fall under the federal poverty guidelines. Member agency distribution - Food is distribution to nonprofit pantries, community meal sites, day cares and other community programs in our 16 county service area. We have over 142 member agencies.backpack program - provided 147 schools with Food through the backpack program, providing over 91,000 bags to over 2,275 kids each week during the normal school year. This Food is provided for kids to make sure they have Food over the weekend when school is not in session. Kids cafe - provided over 41,500 meals to kids in the school year through the kids cafe program while also serving on average 190 children daily. We served children at 13 sites including the salvation army, boys & girls club, ywca & ymca. This program provides meals and Food to kids through after school programs. Elderly nutrition program - provided an average of 198 individuals monthly with Food through our elderly nutrition program. We distributed over 170,000 meals in partnership with area agencies on aging and senior sites for seniors who are homebound or need Food over the weekend when senior meal sites are not operational.mobile Food pantry - provided 14 communities in Northeast Iowa with mobile Food pantries, reaching an average of 95 families each month at each site, providing over 958,000 meals total. Mobile Food pantries provide supplemental assistance to under-served communities. Summer feeding - summer of 2022 we were at 17 sites. This includes sites in waterloo, cedar falls, chickasaw county & fayette county. We served an average of 839 kids each day.community garden and farmers market rescue - we harvested over 7,500 pounds of produce in the summer and fall of 2022 from our community garden and obtained 7,200 pounds of produce through our farmers market rescue program.