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...

Garage Sale & Spring Cleaning    It's that time of year again! Are you planning to host a garage sale this spring? Don't forget you can support The River while doing so! Consider donating part of the proceeds from your garage sale to The River. We can purchase $100 worth of food for ju...

Say it with LOVE this Mother's Day! ♥ Make Mother's Day extra-special this year ♥ Make a donation of at least $25 to The River Food Pantry in honor of your Mother (or any great motherly person in your life) ♥ Mom gets a beautiful card telling her how much you care ♥ Your donation ...

Feed The Need Success! Thank you for joining The River Food Pantry's first tasting event, Feed the Need! Over 400 guests enjoyed a fabulous variety of local flavors from 18 Madison Originals' restaurants and members, Ale Asylum beer and entertained by the talented Soggy Prairie Boys and The Oak St...

A Cold but Successful Fun on Ice! Temperatures reaching into the single digits didn’t stop families from coming out to support The River Food Pantry at the second annual Fun on Ice! The event, held at The East Side Club, brought in roughly $2,000 towards the pantry! Bucky Badger and D.C. ...