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Embrace Iowa is a joint project between ICAA, a 501c3 organization, and the Des Moines Register. The Des Moines Register takes a leadership role in sharing the real life stories of Iowans who are struggling to meet their most basic needs and educates the people of Iowa about the barriers and struggles the families are facing.

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HACAP Food Reservoir will commemorate 40 years of feeding Eastern Iowa with an open house on September 26, 2023 that will be open to community members, partners, donors, and volunteers. The public will have the opportunity to take a tour, meet staff, and learn about how food moves through the warehouse from donation to delivery.

Mercy Medical Center is pleased to announce that it will be awarding funds from its Health Equity Fund to eight local nonprofit agencies. Mercy’s Health Equity Fund is designed to provide individuals in Linn County and seven surrounding communities with the opportunity to attain full health potential – regardless of social position or other socially defined circumstances – through assistance from local nonprofit organizations.

The Scouting for Food Drive is the largest community outreach project in the Hawkeye Area Council. Every year, Scouts hit the streets collecting donations in their neighborhoods for those less fortunate.

Supporting not only young children directly, but also their caregivers and families lifts up the whole community! By helping families and caregivers be successful, young children are more likely to have a more secure and bright future.

The ‘Food as Medicine’ program, a Feeding America® initiative funded by the Amerigroup Foundation, will help connect approximately 3,000 people facing hunger in East Central Iowa to food distribution programs that provide access to healthy food options. The program aims to screen between 10,000 and 20,000 patients over the next three years with the goal of improving food security and health outcomes.

HACAP Food Reservoir received the Presidents’ Community Partner Award from Campus Compact of Iowa & Minnesota on May 13, 2023 after the award was accepted on behalf by Mount Mercy University who nominated HACAP Food Reservoir for their partnership in helping to provide food to the Mustang Market campus food pantry.

Rising food prices, continued supply chain disruptions and the end of pandemic-related federal emergency support programs are affecting the charitable food system as well as millions of people in America, with nearly 34 million people, including more than 9 million children, facing hunger.