Operation: Feed the Need
WHERE
Festival Foods
WHEN
Thu Dec 12, 2024 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Join all of our Midwest Communications stations (Y100, WIXX, WTAQ, Duke FM, Jack FM, and WNFL) for a holiday food and funds drive in support of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin!
We'll be broadcasting live from 6am to 6pm on December 12th, collecting non-perishable food items to benefit our local pantries, shelters, and neighbors in need.
Find us at the following Festival Foods locations:
Green Bay: 2250 W Mason St.
Appleton: W3195 Van Roy Rd.
Oshkosh: 2415 Westowne Ave.
If you don't have time to drop off food items, you can scan the QR code above and let Feeding America shop for you! Or, you can click HERE
Please join us in making sure nobody in NE Wisconsin is hungry during the holidays.
About Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin:
- Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is the largest hunger relief organization in the state, collaborating with nearly 400 food pantries, meal programs, and emergency shelters across 35 counties in Eastern Wisconsin.
- Operating food banks in Appleton and Milwaukee, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin ensures fresh, healthy food is distributed to over 500,000 residents in rural, suburban, and urban areas across Eastern Wisconsin.
- Thanks to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin’s bulk buying power, a donation of just $1.00 can be turned into FOUR healthy meals for families facing hunger.
- In the past year, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin distributed over 38 MILLION pounds of food.
- Some of the most-requested non-perishable food items from food pantries are: peanut butter, canned fruits, canned vegetables, soup, rice, pasta, juice, canned meats (tuna, chicken), boxed cereal, and tomato sauce.
- 1-in-10 people in Eastern Wisconsin are food insecure, meaning they do not know where their next meal will come from. Even more staggering, 1-in-6 children in Eastern Wisconsin are food insecure.
- To learn more about how we can all work together to solve hunger, visit FeedingAmericaWI.org.