Serve and Celebrate the Seven Years Of Partnership With The River In Making The Handwritten Bible In Madison. The Handwritten Bible project began back in August 2010 by Len Lindsay. How many pages would the Bible be when it is handwritten by over 300 different people? 4,000 pages! All the chap...
For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr #Dayofservice, CUNA Mutual Group visited The River Food Pantry to help with our Appreciative Inquiry and SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results) process! They also made adorable River buttons and thank you cards that we have been giving out to sup...
The theme of National Nutrition Month ® this year is “Going Further with Food”. Do you end up throwing away food despite your best intentions? If you do, try these tips on refrigerator storage from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Intern Grace Maples answered questions on nutrition a...
Amazon is tripling the donation amount to 1.5% when costumers make their first eligible smile.amazon.com purchase from March 12-31. Support The River by shopping on smile.amazon.com. Over 700 households visit The River every week for not only food, clothing and hot meals, but for a sense of comm...
We are excited to host two dietetic interns during March, which also happens to be National Nutrition Month®! Here is Grace, sampling a healthy chili recipe you can make at home with only a few ingredients. Easy Chili A healthy and hearty chili recipe. Serves 6. Intern Grace Maples handed out s...
Old National Bank is giving away $39,000 to Wisconsin nonprofits! Choose Your Charity Campaign runs just for the month of February. Each Old National Wisconsin banking center will be donating $1,000 to the top vote-getting charity at their branch. Last year The River received $1,000 from the Ol...
The River Food Pantry is starting on a wonderful strategic planning journey and we invite you to come along! We are participating in an Appreciation Inquiry and SOAR process. Appreciative Inquiry is a systematic approach to discovering the best in people, organizations and systems, and buildling upo...
Wow, what an afternoon! Thank you to Madison Originals , NOAH'S Event Venue , attendees, volunteers, and sponsors for making the third annual Feed The Need an amazing fundraiser for The River! On Sunday, April 22nd attendees enjoyed tasty local flavors from nearly 20 Madison Originals restau...
Tickets are now available for our 2017 Harvest Dinner for Hunger taking place on Sunday, October 1 at The East Side Club. $65/person or $520/table of eight. 250 tickets are available and we expect the event to sell out. Make plans to join us at this special night to raise awareness and ...
July 14, 2016 – Madison, WI. The River Food Pantry is a 2016 recipient of a grant awarded by Monsanto. The award of $12,500 will be used toward keeping the pantry shelves stocked with healthy food options for individuals and families struggling to make ends meet. The River Food Pantry distribute...
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The River Food Pantry is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $25,000 Good Neighbor Grant from Ascendium....