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A statewide grant program funded through the USDA aims to address food insecurity while also assisting historically underrepresented farmers, and the Midwest Food Bank is part of the initiative.
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Aimee Beam has been hired as the new executive director of Midwest Food Bank Bloomington-Normal.
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The end of expanded federal nutrition benefits come at a time when central Illinois food banks already were struggling to ensure everyone is fed.
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Normal-based Midwest Food Bank is sending aid to flood-ravaged Kentucky while also addressing the quieter emergency of food insecurity amid inflation.
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Midwest Food Bank participated in a discussion this week in Washington, D.C. to support the Food Donation Improvement Act.
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Grants and donations are allowing the group to give more supplies to pre-K and high school students than in previous years.
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Judges from the Eleventh Judicial Circuit ditched their robes for hairnets and gloves Wednesday night as they spent the night volunteering at the Midwest Food Bank in Normal.
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Eric Hodel was recently named CEO of Midwest Food Bank. He says the pandemic has forced more people into food insecurity.
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It's typical for nonprofits to see an uptick in donations around the holidays. But what's less known is just how far some nonprofits can stretch a dollar — meaning that, if a donor can give cash, the donation can go further than products like food or other non-perishables.
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Central Illinois agencies are chipping in to assist relief efforts in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.