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Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Food Bank of Siouxland surpasses its fundraising goal
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KCAU) — The Food Bank of Siouxland announced its total from the Food Festival. The goal was to raise $40k. Nearly $52k was raised at the 3rd Annual Siouxland Food Festival. The Food Bank's release said more than 500 people participated in the event. All proceeds from the event will go towards purchasing food for the Food Bank and its agencies. Siouxland Food Festival helps feed those in need To learn more about the Food Bank of Siouxland, visit their website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
3rd Annual Siouxland Food Festival
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The Food Bank of Siouxland is helping feed folks in the community in a way you might not think of. The 3rd annual Siouxland Food Festival will offer 11 local food vendors, all while raising money and awareness for the Food Bank. Story continues below Top Story: Veterans welcomed home to Sioux City following Midwest Honor Flight trip Lights & Sirens: Traffic violation scam alarms Siouxlanders; police issue alert Sports: Bishop Heelan girls soccer blanks Center Point-Urbana 3-0 in IGHSAU 1A Quarterfinals Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here The event sponsored by Seaboard Triumphs Foods also offers a kid-friendly carnival with games and live entertainment. On June 7, the festival will start at 11 a.m. and run until 3 p.m. at the Marriott Events Center in South Sioux City. Admission tickets are $10, and all proceeds from the event go directly to purchasing food for people experiencing food insecurity. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time on the Food Bank of Siouxland website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Potential SNAP cuts could impact food banks in Siouxland
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The Big, Beautiful Bill Act is proposing to cut $300 billion in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that could potentially impact local food banks. 'The biggest thing for Iowa is that it would be at least a $26 million cut to individuals in Iowa. In our service area around Siouxland, that would be upwards of $2 million cuts to local grocery stores and our economy,' said Jacob Wanderscheid, the executive director for the Food Bank of Siouxland. Last year alone, the Food Bank of Siouxland gave away more than 61 million meals, but Wanderscheid said he's worried about that number increasing. Sioux City schools' free summer meal program begins June 9 'Food is going out, about as fast as we can get it into the building. So, with SNAP, if we keep SNAP, we should see that those numbers fade over the summer. If it is cut in the mid-summer, then we would see those numbers spike, so that's our biggest concern,' Wanderscheid explained. Proponents of the changes to SNAP argue they are merely trying to eliminate errors. According to the USDA, the national error rate for incorrect payments in 2023 was 12%. That's out of the 500 million payments issued that year. Iowa currently has the sixth-lowest SNAP error rate in the nation. 'We are improving and really are making sure that those dollars get to the people that it's intended to get to. So we're not seeing people stealing those funds, falsifying documents to get on that. Really, the people that are intended to get that program are in Iowa,' said Wanderscheid. Those in rural areas would likely feel the greatest impact from the SNAP cuts. 'They have fewer food pantries to rely on in Sioux City. We have a fair amount, but when we get outside of Sioux City, having that card that they can just go to, to the local Walmart or their local grocery store, allows them to stay more self-sufficient and have less expenses,' stated Wanderscheid. Story continues below Top Story: Midwest Honor Flight still raising money for June 3 trip Lights & Sirens: Officials searching for Monona County resident after going missing on Missouri River Sports: Dell Rapids claims SDHSBA Class B title with 5-4 win over Dakota Valley in eight innings Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here Additionally, the bill would change exemptions for work requirements, meaning more parents of young children would have to work in order to receive food assistance. 'The food bank's position is that it is still a very young age to add that work requirement for that parent, especially when they might not be in full daycare yet or school yet, so we would like to see that not happen as well,' Wanderscheid expressed. Wanderscheid is planning to speak with Senator Joni Ernst to make sure these cuts won't go into effect and encourages anybody to write to their local legislators to voice their opinions. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Local mail carriers to take part in annual ‘Stamp Out Hunger' food drive
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Local mail carriers will be helping Food Bank of Siouxland by picking up food donations during this year's annual 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive. This year's Stamp Out Hunger food drive is on May 10. During the drive, letter carriers will be collecting non-perishable food items that will be brought to the Food Bank of Siouxland. Sioux City student artwork featured at Southern Hills Mall Stamp Out Hunger is one of the country's largest one day food drives, according to an email release, and provides an easy way to community members to help their local food banks. The most requested items at the Food Bank of Siouxland are cereal, soup, canned meat, peanut butter, canned fruits, and vegetables. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘Scouting for Food' food drive holds honorary first bag ceremony
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A special program was held on Thursday at the Food Bank of Siouxland in Sioux City. An honorary first bag ceremony took place for the Mid-America Council of Scouting America's 'Scouting for Food' food drive. Members of the Sioux City City Council attended the event. Mayor Pro-Tem Dan Moore was given the first two bags of donated food items from the members of Troop 204 to commemorate the community service project. Scouts members said they have been going door-to-door picking up non-perishable food items in the Sioux City area. Midwest Honor Flight close to achieving goal for June 3 flight 'That we get to help the community cause food banks are usually running lower on food around this time of year, because they usually get most of their donations during the fall. It also helps people who need the food because they usually don't have. If they can't get the food, they don't have the money to get it, so they have to go to the food banks,' said Byron Splitter, a scout with Troop 204. So far, Troop 204 has brought in more than 2,500 lbs. of food. Troop members said they're looking to collect more than 6,000 lbs. of food in total and all of the donations will go to the Food Bank of Siouxland. People can drop off their food donations at the Gordon Drive and Sergeant Road Hy-Vees, along with the Sergeant Road Fareway from now until April 5. Scout will be collecting food on April 5 to bring back to the Food Bank of Siouxland. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
