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...
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...
MADISON, Wis. — January 17, 2019 — The Rotary Club of Madison yesterday presented its Senior Service Award to Sharon Mohr, a full-time volunteer at The River Food Pantry, during the club's meeting at Park Hotel. Mohr has volunteered about 40 hours a week for the past five years at The Riv...
Steve Sachtjen receives The River’s first Czerkas Distinguished award from Board Chair Jennifer Zisser. MADISON, Wis. — October 26, 2018 — The River Food Pantry presented the first Czerkas Distinguished Award to Steve Sachtjen, former board member, during the organization’s 2018 Harvest D...
MADISON, Wis. — September 13, 2018 — The River Food Pantry yesterday released a new strategic plan to guide the organization into the future. A Fully Nourished Community, The River’s Strategic Plan 2018, frames how The River will pursue a vision where everyone in Dane County is nourished in bo...
Serve and Celebrate the Seven Years Of Partnership With The River In Making The Handwritten Bible In Madison. The Handwritten Bible project began back in August 2010 by Len Lindsay. How many pages would the Bible be when it is handwritten by over 300 different people? 4,000 pages! All the chap...
Six major pantries partner with Second Harvest and local foundation to meet rising food insecurity through innovative cost-saving strategy [caption....
Earlier this year, The River’s Pack the Pantry on Packers Ave campaign raised a total of $112,818 and collected 43,944....