UPDATE AS OF MAY 12: Due to COVID-19, The River is officially canceling this year's Feed the Need, which was recently rescheduled for Sunday, June 7 at Madison College. Although we can't come together this year to sip and savor local flavors, we plan to hold a future event in first quarter of 2021! ...
Homes for the Holidays donation event to take place Dec. 14 at Slumberland’s Madison East location MADISON, Wis. — December 11, 2019 — In celebration of their annual Homes for the Holidays event, Slumberland Furniture’s Madison East store will donate 46 brand new mattresses, box springs and...
Food Delivery Program to Serve as a Critical Resource for Madison Area Older Adults MADISON, Wis. (October 1, 2019)-Picture this: your older parent or grandparent is living at home during their last phase of life, but they wake up every morning worrying about how they’ll get their next...
Pauline, Cailin, Cecilia, Sarah and ArlindaFive rising high school seniors served as interns at The River this summer through the UW PEOPLE Program, a college and career readiness kickstart program designed for low-income and potential first-generation college students. For five weeks, these s...
Funding for hydroponic growing systems to grow fresh produce year-round Casey Olson , AJ Sterlavage and Lexi Bernard won American Family Insurance’s 2019 Share Tank Intern Challenge for The River.MADISON, Wis. — August 1, 2019 — Three interns won $10,000 for The River Food Pantry yesterday...
The River's refrigerated truck was generously provided by the City of Madison's Healthy Retail Access Program, Madison Food Policy Council, Madison Community Foundation, and Hovde Foundation. Thanks to strong community partnerships, The River recently acquired a new refrigerated truck to tak...
Food for Success coalition brings together Food for Thought Initiative, Selfless Ambition, The River Food Pantry Leaders of the Food for Success coalition include (left to right) Charles McLimans of The River Food Pantry, Lea Aschkenase of Food for Thought Initiative, and Henry Sanders of Selfless...
I have to admit—I did not completely understand the difference between a “food pantry” and a “food bank” when I applied for my job at The River. After working here for almost a year now, I frequently hear people use the terms interchangeably. While both types of organizations are dedic...
Ellen and Grace are freshmen at Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School in Sun Prairie. For their community learning project, they took on the challenge of raising awareness about food insecurity in Dane County. These two went door to door in their community to collect food and funds for The Ri...
The River is focusing on serving food insecure veterans with a designated market session on Wednesdays from 11am–1pm. This new market session, which began May 1, is also open to seniors ages 60 and over. Similar to other regular weekly market sessions at The River, veteran and senior client...
The River Food Pantry has been voted Best Charitable Organization through the Madison.com 2021 People Choice Awards. [caption id="attachment_10271" al..
Max Weber is a proud supporter of The River who wants to inspire other donors to make IRA donations to....