(Des Moines, IA) — This year’s pandemic has made a bad situation worse for tens of thousands of Iowans who aren’t sure where their next meal may be coming from.
The Food Bank of Iowa has launched its Hunger-Free Holidays fundraising campaign. Spokeswoman Emma Runde says the goal is to raise one-million dollars in order to purchase four-million meals. Runde says “food insecurity, since January of 2020, has doubled and unfortunately, for households with children, food insecurity rates have tripled.”
Runde says 600-thousand dollars has been raised so far, but there’s a ways to go yet before the goal is reached.
You can donate at HungerFreeHolidays-dot-org or the Food Bank of Iowa website.
The Food Bank of Iowa serves 55 counties.
