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...