It’s that time of year again. Imagine the stress many families in our north side community go through during the holiday season.    For some, a $25 turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner cannot be added into their budget. You can help these struggling families by giving the “Gift of Gobble”. ...

Thank you for joining The River Food Pantry's team to Tackle Hunger in Dane County. The 2016 Harvest Dinner for Hunger was a great success. Guests enjoyed a 5-course dinner by Market Street Diner, live music by the talented Beth Kille, live and silent auctions, raffles and games! Over $44,000 was ...

August 19, 2016 – Madison, WI. The River Food Pantry is a 2016 recipient of a grant awarded by Shopko Foundation's Community Charitable Grant Program.  The award of $500 will be used toward The River's mobile lunch program called Madison Unites to Nourish Children at Home (MUNCH). MUNCH addresses...

Four summer interns at American Family Insurance selected The River Food Pantry as their non-profit for Share Tank. American Family Insurance’s “Share Tank” project required ten teams of interns to select a local non-profit organization, interview its managers, identify a need for the business...

Children in the Woodland Park Apartments run, hop, skip and giggle when they see The River Food Pantry’s large white van pull into the neighborhood parking lot. Children eagerly line up while volunteers and The River staff unload their vehicle and arrange coolers and a table on the grass located i...

It's summer time which means we are starting to collect school supplies! There are numerous reasons why families cannot acquire the required school supplies, we want to help and get children excited for their first day back at school by providing the needed materials to help them learn. Would...

Help us fill our coolers full of fresh food this summer. Please consider donating your gardening surplus to The River where it will immediately find a good home. You might even consider planting a few extra items just for donating or bring a group to a farm for harvesting. With The River distributin...

TICKETS ON SALE!  Plans have begun for the 2016 Harvest Dinner for Hunger taking place on Sunday, October 9 at The East Side Club. Purchase your ticket online now or stop by the pantry to pay with check or cash. It is $65/person or $520/table of eight. 250 tickets are available and we expec...

June 8, 2016 – Madison, WI. The River Food Pantry is a 2016 recipient of a grant awarded by American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation.  The award of $15,000 will be used toward The River's new mobile lunch program called Madison Unites to Nourish Children at Home (MUNCH). MUNCH will address a b...

Food Drive Blitz  The River Food Pantry had a very sucessful one-day Food Drive Blitz on Saturday, April 30th. Volunteers were located at 5 local grocery stores handing out a list of needed items to interested shoppers. Shoppers would then purchase items and drop them off on their way out of th...