New Partnerships with Groups in Belleville, Marshall Getting More Food to Vulnerable Populations Amanda Prusak, The River's Access Program Specialist, delivering fresh produce, meat, and shelf-stable items to the Belleville Food Pantry.  MADISON, Wis. — June 30, 2025 — The River Food Pantr...

More than 500 households received groceries on Wednesday alone   During its Thanksgiving grocery distribution last week, The River Food Pantry served more people in a single week than ever before.   MADISON, Wis. — November 25, 2024 — The week before Thanksgiving, The Ri...

The River Food Pantry’s Munch Mobile Meals program has distributed an average of 253 nutritious meals per day, Tuesday through Saturday, since the school year ended. MADISON, Wis. — July 18, 2024 — The River Food Pantry’s mobile meals program, Munch, has expanded throughout Madison...

Financial support more critical than ever to meet the need MADISON, Wis. — February 29, 2024 — Without food pantries, thousands of people in our community wouldn’t have access to enough food to meet their basic needs. The demand across six of Dane County’s largest food pantries has reach...

Through Whole Foods Market’s Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program, The River will redistribute fresh food to those in need Representatives from The River and Whole Foods Market celebrated the refrigerated van donation at Whole Foods Market’s new Madison store. MADISON, Wis. — Decemb...

The River Food Pantry joined State Representative Melissa Ratcliff, Chef Carmell Jackson of Melly Mell’s Soul Food, and Ian’s Pizza at the Capitol to kick off “The Mac Attack” being featured at Ian’s Pizza. MADISON, Wis. — December 4, 2023 — From November 28 through December 12, al...

MADISON, Wis. — September 3, 2023 — The River Food Pantry has been voted both Best Charitable Organization and Best Chef through the Madison.com 2023 People’s Choice Awards. Click to read The River's listing in the People's Choice Winners Guide. “We put a lot of love into se...

UPDATE AS OF JUNE 28: Due to air quality concerns, the launch event for the new Munch truck has been rescheduled to Thursday, July 13 from 3:15–4:00pm at The River (2201 Darwin Road). All are welcome to come tour the truck and learn how it will better serve our community. MADISON, Wi...

Akshay Kalra and Samantha Angelina (pictured left to right) received a Wisconsin Idea Fellowship award for their after-hours food locker project for The River.   Thanks to two UW-Madison students, The River Food Pantry has installed 10 outdoor lockers to fill with free food for any...

The S.L. Gimbel Foundation is a component fund at the Inland Empire Community Foundation based in California. MADISON, Wis. — December 15, 2022 — The River Food Pantry recently received a $500,000 grant from the S.L. Gimbel Foundation, a component fund at The Inland Empire Community Fo...