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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2001
Page
9
Five years after starting, Table to Table coordinates rescued food to 25 agencies feeding low income residents. The operation moves about 1,000 pounds daily, feeding 600 to 900 people, with volunteers handling most pickups from grocery stores and distributors.
NE Iowa human services workers say many pantry clients are working poor facing sudden costs. In Independence, a pantry patron cried after her car failed to start, reflecting broader hunger linked to unexpected bills. The region relies on churches and local food shelves, with cooperation from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank which distributed 3.1 million pounds of food valued at 5.1 million dollars last year.
Dozens of volunteers from local churches organize food pickup, storage, and distribution at Iowa City initiatives. About 60 families daily seek groceries at the crisis center food bank while the free lunch program expands to more days and serves working poor, elderly, and homeless residents across Johnson County.
HACAP operates a central food reservoir in Hiawatha coordinating donations from Quaker Oats and other partners to feed about 120 agencies across seven counties. The program redistributes over 1 million pounds annually with a small handling fee, supporting Second Harvest nationwide.
In Marion Iowa a monthly SHARE package costs 16 dollars and covers about eight meals for a two person family. Participants must complete two hours of public service as a condition of receiving the food. The program, created in California and expanded to Iowa in 1994, operates from a central warehouse in Oskaloosa with 140 distribution sites statewide.
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